republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2023-2024/hb-1304.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania"
description: "An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania"
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1304"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1304 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jared Solomon"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2023-06-02T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-11-18T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd3694b4-5985-4e9c-88b6-9ff5ae700a7e"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=42&rollcallid=324&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "2c2a364be65cc4eef33399da3fbc3d996e287e0ef5f3fb1179cedb4acf5af591"
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 1304 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN1426** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/DOC/2023/0/HB1304/PN1426)
2. **Printer's No. PN2279** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB1304/PN2279)
3. **Printer's No. PN3736** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB1304/PN3736)
4. **Senate Amendment A02924** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A02924)
5. **Senate Amendment A05659** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A05659)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness): Adopt Amendment — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Rules): Re-report Bill As Committed — **18–15** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness): Postpone Consideration — **9–12** (fail) · lower
- Committee vote (Rules): Re-report Bill As Committed — **33–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **24–13** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **121–82** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness): Adopt Amendment — **7–4** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness): Report Bill As Committed — **13–8** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **180–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jared Solomon — primary (person)
- Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- G. Roni Green — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Manuel Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen Madden — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Guenst — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
- Tarik Khan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness `referral-committee`
- **2024-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2024-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 147 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd3694b4-5985-4e9c-88b6-9ff5ae700a7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).