republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2021-2022/sb-818.md

---
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, providing for ambulatory surgical facility permitted surgical procedures; and abrogating 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, providing for ambulatory surgical facility permitted surgical procedures; and abrogating regulations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 818"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 818 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Ward"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-07-26T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/940d4230-8999-4702-9042-b1960f3ec1de"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=818"
source_hash: "ad870f206d7207785065bf845f357d62748a6619b61713d6113b6dd2f66a0bbc"
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 818 (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, providing for ambulatory surgical facility permitted surgical procedures; and abrogating regulations.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 1004** (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=0818&pn=1004)
2. **Printer's No. 1327** (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=0818&pn=1327)
3. **Printer's No. 1617** (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=0818&pn=1617)
4. **Printer's No. 1833** (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=0818&pn=1833)

## Votes

- SB 818 PN 1327, Final Passage — **36–13** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **200–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **22–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 818 PN 1833, Concur in House Amendments — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 818 PN 1617, 2021 A5170 — **200–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 818 PN 1004, 2021 A3434, WARD, J. Amendment No. A-3434 — **29–20** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Ward — primary (person)
- Argall — cosponsor (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Browne — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Scavello — cosponsor (person)
- Schwank — cosponsor (person)
- Stefano — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-26T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1004 Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-09-27T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** PN 1327 Amended on third consideration
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1617 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2022-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2022-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1833 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2022-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-07-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **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. 87 of 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/940d4230-8999-4702-9042-b1960f3ec1de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).