republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2021-2022/sb-397.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of October 5, 1978 (P.L.1109, No.261), known as the Osteopathic Medical Practice Act, further providing for definitions, for State Board of Osteopathic Medicine, for practice of osteopathic medicine and surgery without license prohibited and for licenses, exemptions, nonresident practitioners, graduate students, biennial registration and continuing medical education; and abrogating regulations.	An Act amending the act of October 5, 1978 (P.L.1109, No.261), known as the Osteopathic Medical Practice Act, further providing for definitions, for State Board of Osteopathic Medicine, for practice of osteopathic medicine and surgery without license prohibited and for licenses, exemptions, nonresident practitioners, graduate students, biennial registration and continuing medical education; and abrogating regulations.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2021-2022	SB 397	Pennsylvania SB 397 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Pittman	3	24	6	2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00	2021-10-07T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/a50878e3-e9dc-4e72-9082-1e4d6d15ef19	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=397	e41e2673089472a6f6737f773242b918dbcf0736e2650eb4eee65904746b1ecc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 397 (2021-2022) — An Act amending the act of October 5, 1978 (P.L.1109, No.261), known as the Osteopathic Medical Practice Act, further providing for definitions, for State Board of Osteopathic Medicine, for practice of osteopathic medicine and surgery without license prohibited and for licenses, exemptions, nonresident practitioners, graduate students, biennial registration and continuing medical education; and abrogating regulations.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0385 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 0870 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 1083 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 17–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 200–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 397 PN 1083, Concur in House Amendments — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 397 PN 870, Final Passage — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE): Reported as Amended — 13–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Pittman — primary (person)
• Baker — cosponsor (person)
• Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
• Boscola — cosponsor (person)
• Brooks — cosponsor (person)
• Collett — cosponsor (person)
• Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)
• Mensch — cosponsor (person)
• Regan — cosponsor (person)
• Scavello — cosponsor (person)
• Stefano — cosponsor (person)
• Yaw — cosponsor (person)
• Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0385 Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE referral-committee
• 2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0870 Reported as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2021-06-14T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2021-06-14T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE referral-committee
• 2021-09-20T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1083 Reported as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2021-09-20T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2021-09-20T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2021-09-21T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2021-09-22T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2021-09-22T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2021-09-27T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-09-27T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2021-09-27T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS referral-committee
• 2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments
• 2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-10-07T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
• 2021-10-07T04:00:00+00:00 Act No. 78 of 2021

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a50878e3-e9dc-4e72-9082-1e4d6d15ef19. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).