republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2023-2024/sb-941.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in powers and duties of the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, further providing for powers and duties and providing for regulatory flexibility during opioid epidemic."
description: "An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in powers and duties of the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, further providing for powers and duties and providing for regulatory flexibility during opioid epidemic."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 941"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 941 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michele Brooks"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2023-09-28T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/289c1c4d-6c6c-488b-b583-56ad693c4440"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=34&rollcallid=1160&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "e42b77734c36114e5bb3e6c18ceb76c3725365619c76df9d79b585fa7dc0f9d1"
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 941 (2023-2024) — An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in powers and duties of the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, further providing for powers and duties and providing for regulatory flexibility during opioid epidemic.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A03200** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A03200)
2. **Printer's No. PN1118** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0941/PN1118)
3. **Printer's No. PN1148** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0941/PN1148)
4. **Printer's No. PN1287** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0941/PN1287)
5. **Senate Amendment A02224** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A02224)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–1** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Human Services): Report Bill As Committed — **24–1** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Professional Licensure): Re-refer Bill To Another Committee — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Health & Human Services): Adopt Amendment — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Health & Human Services): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- A3200 — **203–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michele Brooks — primary (person)
- Amanda Cappelletti — cosponsor (person)
- Christine Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)
- Gene Yaw — cosponsor (person)
- James Brewster — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Dillon — cosponsor (person)
- John Kane — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Professional Licensure `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Reported with request to re-refer to Human Services `committee-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 66 of 2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/289c1c4d-6c6c-488b-b583-56ad693c4440`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).