republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2023-2024/hb-155.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, further providing for consumer protections; and abrogating a regulation."
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, further providing for consumer protections; and abrogating a regulation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 155"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 155 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benjamin Sanchez"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-10-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1745c0c-67ac-4f56-9c9c-650863f84e5d"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=55&rollcallid=7&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "024c56989a79381c29189c10472b17da1b8c2820b39925f22955d6513c9fb00c"
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 155 (2023-2024) — 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, further providing for consumer protections; and abrogating a regulation.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A00172** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A00172)
2. **Printer's No. PN0132** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0155/PN0132)
3. **Printer's No. PN0951** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0155/PN0951)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Health): Adopt Amendment — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Health & Human Services): Reported as Committed — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Health): Report Bill As Amended — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Benjamin Sanchez — primary (person)
- Arvind Venkat — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Frankel — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Danielle Friel Otten — cosponsor (person)
- Danilo Burgos — cosponsor (person)
- David Delloso — cosponsor (person)
- G. Roni Green — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Rader — cosponsor (person)
- Jared Solomon — cosponsor (person)
- Jeanne Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Benham — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Fleming — cosponsor (person)
- Kerry Benninghoff — cosponsor (person)
- Kristine Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Mullins — cosponsor (person)
- Liz Hanbidge — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen Madden — cosponsor (person)
- Melissa Cerrato — cosponsor (person)
- Melissa Shusterman — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Guenst — cosponsor (person)
- Napoleon J. Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- P. Sturla — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Harkins — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Conklin — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Malagari — cosponsor (person)
- Tarah Probst — cosponsor (person)
- Tarik Khan — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Brennan — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2023-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-10-10T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 96 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1745c0c-67ac-4f56-9c9c-650863f84e5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).