republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2023-2024/sb-668.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health Care Facilities Act, providing for certified medication aides; and imposing duties on the Department of Health.	An Act amending the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health Care Facilities Act, providing for certified medication aides; and imposing duties on the Department of Health.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2023-2024	SB 668	Pennsylvania SB 668 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Judy Ward	7	24	11	2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00	2024-10-16T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/6a857c4b-64a3-4ede-b60c-b3ce54f4d9f0	https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=55&rollcallid=1489&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0	241d787760bc7b768518fad4b6197330d6e671402f453e5344fbb90f266dbcdc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 668 (2023-2024) — An Act amending the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health Care Facilities Act, providing for certified medication aides; and imposing duties on the Department of Health.

Version chain

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

1. House Amendment A03757 (committee substitute) — source
2. House Amendment A05718 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. PN0695 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. PN1180 (committee substitute) — source
5. Printer's No. PN1460 (committee substitute) — source
6. Printer's No. PN1928 (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate Amendment A02666 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Health): Report Bill As Amended — 24–1 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Health & Human Services): Reported as Amended — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Health): Adopt Amendment — 21–4 (pass) · lower
• A5718 — 202–0 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 200–2 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Committed — 17–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Health & Human Services): Adopt Amendment — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Judy Ward — primary (person)
• Amanda Cappelletti — cosponsor (person)
• Art Haywood — cosponsor (person)
• Carolyn Comitta — cosponsor (person)
• Devlin Robinson — cosponsor (person)
• James Brewster — cosponsor (person)
• Judith Schwank — cosponsor (person)
• Lisa Baker — cosponsor (person)
• Lisa Boscola — cosponsor (person)
• Maria Collett — cosponsor (person)
• Sharif Street — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Health & Human Services referral-committee
• 2023-10-24T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2023-10-24T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2023-10-25T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2023-10-25T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-11-13T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2023-11-14T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Health referral-committee
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2024-10-01T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2024-10-02T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2024-10-02T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations referral-committee
• 2024-10-08T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2024-10-08T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments
• 2024-10-08T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2024-10-09T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 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. 109 of 2024

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6a857c4b-64a3-4ede-b60c-b3ce54f4d9f0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).