republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2023-2024/sb-668.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, providing for certified medication aides; and imposing duties on the Department of Health."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 668"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 668 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judy Ward"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-10-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a857c4b-64a3-4ede-b60c-b3ce54f4d9f0"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=55&rollcallid=1489&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "241d787760bc7b768518fad4b6197330d6e671402f453e5344fbb90f266dbcdc"
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 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](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A03757)
2. **House Amendment A05718** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A05718)
3. **Printer's No. PN0695** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0668/PN0695)
4. **Printer's No. PN1180** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0668/PN1180)
5. **Printer's No. PN1460** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0668/PN1460)
6. **Printer's No. PN1928** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0668/PN1928)
7. **Senate Amendment A02666** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A02666)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a857c4b-64a3-4ede-b60c-b3ce54f4d9f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).