republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2021-2022/sb-398.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 definitions, for State Board of Medicine and for physician assistants; and abrogating regulations.	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 definitions, for State Board of Medicine and for physician assistants; and abrogating regulations.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2021-2022	SB 398	Pennsylvania SB 398 (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/2cd6792a-93ee-43ee-8a6a-9c187deb2956	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=398	2dba01d6afac3637426c80e8d5d5dc12123405d86bab583d5cc17969a1f7ca12	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 398 (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 definitions, for State Board of Medicine and for physician assistants; and abrogating regulations.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0386 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 0871 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 1084 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 398 PN 1084, Concur in House Amendments — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE): Reported as Amended — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 200–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 398 PN 871, Final Passage — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 17–0 (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 0386 Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE referral-committee
• 2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0871 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 1084 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. 79 of 2021

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2cd6792a-93ee-43ee-8a6a-9c187deb2956. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).