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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of May 22, 1951 (P.L.317, No.69), known as The Professional Nursing Law, further providing for examinations and certificates."
description: "An Act amending the act of May 22, 1951 (P.L.317, No.69), known as The Professional Nursing Law, further providing for examinations and certificates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 889"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 889 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Miller"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/527aed75-3e2c-4d56-a051-1755ab6984dc"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=889"
source_hash: "3358c5d24f5361019b9a5ff68674fd36166c7bca738ee59363e5b669202d6c16"
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 889 (2021-2022) — An Act amending the act of May 22, 1951 (P.L.317, No.69), known as The Professional Nursing Law, further providing for examinations and certificates.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Printer's No. 0880** (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=0889&pn=0880)
## Votes
- HB 889 PN 880, Final Passage — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **198–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE): Reported as Committed — **12–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- B. Miller — primary (person)
- Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
- Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Hohenstein — cosponsor (person)
- Mentzer — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Rowe — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Wheeland — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0880 Referred to PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2021-10-06T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2021-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2022-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 22 of 2022
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/527aed75-3e2c-4d56-a051-1755ab6984dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).