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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 397"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 397 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pittman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-10-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a50878e3-e9dc-4e72-9082-1e4d6d15ef19"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=397"
source_hash: "e41e2673089472a6f6737f773242b918dbcf0736e2650eb4eee65904746b1ecc"
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 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](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0397&pn=0385)
2. **Printer's No. 0870** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0397&pn=0870)
3. **Printer's No. 1083** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0397&pn=1083)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a50878e3-e9dc-4e72-9082-1e4d6d15ef19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).