republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2021-2022/hb-245.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of December 20, 1985 (P.L.457, No.112), known as the Medical Practice Act of 1985, further providing for license without restriction, for institutional license and for temporary license.	An Act amending the act of December 20, 1985 (P.L.457, No.112), known as the Medical Practice Act of 1985, further providing for license without restriction, for institutional license and for temporary license.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2021-2022	HB 245	Pennsylvania HB 245 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Kaufer	3	25	7	2021-01-25T05:00:00+00:00	2022-04-19T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/96ad5d27-02da-4f79-b7a2-720c679a10ae	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=245	749880d268326e37a5f84f81d503eca90200489dcb988b55e28a00d198e629d8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 245 (2021-2022) — An Act amending the act of December 20, 1985 (P.L.457, No.112), known as the Medical Practice Act of 1985, further providing for license without restriction, for institutional license and for temporary license.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Printer's No. 0213 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 2141 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 2929 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 245 PN 2141, 2021 A3774, WARD, K. Amendment No. A-3774 — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 245 PN 2929, Final Passage — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE): Reported as Amended — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 245 PN 2929, CONCUR — 198–1 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE): AMENDMENT A02237 — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 201–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kaufer — primary (person)
• Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
• James — cosponsor (person)
• Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
• Longietti — cosponsor (person)
• Pickett — cosponsor (person)
• R. Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Wheeland — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2021-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0213 Referred to PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE referral-committee
• 2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE referral-committee
• 2021-09-21T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2141 Reported as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2021-09-21T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2021-09-22T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2021-09-22T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2022-04-04T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2929 Amended on third consideration
• 2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2022-04-11T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2022-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2022-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2022-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2022-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-04-19T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
• 2022-04-19T04:00:00+00:00 Act No. 16 of 2022

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/96ad5d27-02da-4f79-b7a2-720c679a10ae. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).