Files
republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2021-2022/hb-2604.md
T
2026-07-06 17:28:03 -04:00

106 lines
5.1 KiB
Markdown
Raw Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health Care Facilities Act, in licensing of health care facilities, further providing for photo identification tag regulations."
description: "An Act amending the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health Care Facilities Act, in licensing of health care facilities, further providing for photo identification tag regulations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2604"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 2604 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Twardzik"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-05-20T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95eb5113-6cf7-463e-922e-42d148db6da6"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=2604"
source_hash: "487b50f6342adde93182e362ac9a67ef5f89f114908ea372f10a26c86bbd63aa"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
---
# Pennsylvania HB 2604 (2021-2022) — An Act amending the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health Care Facilities Act, in licensing of health care facilities, further providing for photo identification tag regulations.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Printer's No. 3119** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=2604&pn=3119)
2. **Printer's No. 3255** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=2604&pn=3255)
## Votes
- Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **200–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 2604 PN 3119, 2021 A4779 — **200–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 2604 PN 3119, 2021 A4779, SUSP RULES — **199–1** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 2604 PN 3255, Final Passage — **50–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Twardzik — primary (person)
- Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
- Emrick — cosponsor (person)
- Farry — cosponsor (person)
- Flood — cosponsor (person)
- Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Heffley — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Knowles — cosponsor (person)
- M. Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Madden — cosponsor (person)
- Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Pennycuick — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Polinchock — cosponsor (person)
- Quinn — cosponsor (person)
- R. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- R. Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Rader — cosponsor (person)
- Schemel — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Schweyer — cosponsor (person)
- Welby — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3119 Referred to HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3255 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2022-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 79 of 2022
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95eb5113-6cf7-463e-922e-42d148db6da6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).