republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2023-2024/sb-559.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; 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; and abrogating regulations.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2023-2024	SB 559	Pennsylvania SB 559 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Lisa Baker	3	21	7	2023-03-28T04:00:00+00:00	2024-07-17T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/b30f81c2-4f65-40db-9946-ca4efd53ab1e	https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=34&rollcallid=1703&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0	a048ad7bd30d6284cc8f71bbb5be92dd93320e55da4260304a526c7dce608e22	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 559 (2023-2024) — 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; and abrogating regulations.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. PN0557 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. PN1292 (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Amendment A02614 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 201–1 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — 23–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 47–1 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Professional Licensure): Report Bill As Committed — 23–2 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure): Adopt Amendment — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure): Reported as Amended — 14–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lisa Baker — primary (person)
• Amanda Cappelletti — cosponsor (person)
• Camera Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
• Carolyn Comitta — cosponsor (person)
• Greg Rothman — cosponsor (person)
• Jimmy Dillon — cosponsor (person)
• Judith Schwank — cosponsor (person)
• Katie Muth — cosponsor (person)
• Rosemary Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Steven Santarsiero — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure referral-committee
• 2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 Reported as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2024-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2024-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Professional Licensure referral-committee
• 2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2024-07-08T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2024-07-08T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-07-09T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-07-17T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
• 2024-07-17T04:00:00+00:00 Act No. 83 of 2024

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b30f81c2-4f65-40db-9946-ca4efd53ab1e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).