republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2023-2024/sb-500.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, providing for medical assistance coverage for pasteurized donor human milk.	An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, providing for medical assistance coverage for pasteurized donor human milk.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2023-2024	SB 500	Pennsylvania SB 500 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Michele Brooks	4	24	10	2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00	2023-11-21T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7589e9ca-8c1b-4235-b7b7-88f2df5a99f8	https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=55&rollcallid=1002&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0	ba84a5fa636ad2fa9addb0ab762d68866c80ba0ddd38c8638c83cc88177c2119	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 500 (2023-2024) — An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, providing for medical assistance coverage for pasteurized donor human milk.

Version chain

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

1. House Amendment A02574 (committee substitute) — source
2. House Amendment A02775 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. PN0484 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. PN1175 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (Health & Human Services): Reported as Committed — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Health): Adopt Amendment — 25–0 (pass) · lower
• A2775 — 98–104 (fail) · lower
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Health): Report Bill As Amended — 25–0 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 203–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Committed — 17–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — 24–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Michele Brooks — primary (person)
• Amanda Cappelletti — cosponsor (person)
• Art Haywood — cosponsor (person)
• James Brewster — cosponsor (person)
• Jay Costa — cosponsor (person)
• Jimmy Dillon — cosponsor (person)
• Judith Schwank — cosponsor (person)
• Judy Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Kristin Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Lynda Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
• Maria Collett — cosponsor (person)
• Scott Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)
• Scott Martin — cosponsor (person)
• Steven Santarsiero — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy Kearney — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Health & Human Services referral-committee
• 2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2023-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2023-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Health referral-committee
• 2023-10-18T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2023-10-18T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2023-10-18T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2023-10-30T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2023-10-31T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2023-10-31T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-11-13T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2023-11-13T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2023-11-14T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations referral-committee
• 2023-11-14T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2023-11-14T05:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments
• 2023-11-14T05:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2023-11-14T05:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-11-21T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
• 2023-11-21T05:00:00+00:00 Act No. 32 of 2023

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7589e9ca-8c1b-4235-b7b7-88f2df5a99f8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).