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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of December 20, 1985 (P.L.457, No.112), entitled \"An act relating to the right to practice medicine and surgery and the right to practice medically related acts; reestablishing the State Board of Medical Education and Licensure as the State Board of Medicine and providing for its composition, powers and duties; providing for the issuance of licenses and certificates and the suspension and revocation of licenses and certificates; provided penalties; and making repeals,\" further providing for definitions, for midwifery and for nurse-midwife license; and providing for certified midwife license."
description: "An Act amending the act of December 20, 1985 (P.L.457, No.112), entitled \"An act relating to the right to practice medicine and surgery and the right to practice medically related acts; reestablishing the State Board of Medical Education and Licensure as the State Board of Medicine and providing for its composition, powers and duties; providing for the issuance of licenses and certificates and the suspension and revocation of licenses and certificates; provided penalties; and making repeals,\" further providing for definitions, for midwifery and for nurse-midwife license; and providing for certified midwife license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 507"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 507 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rosemary Brown"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2025-03-21T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-05-06T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf28a541-a4b1-4d0c-83de-623f84edd4a6"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=34&rollcallid=1331&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "786aeb8a97df68a37eefb3d1d6c9c384bcd31b76cf0892b06c863bc719b50179"
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 507 (2025-2026) — An Act amending the act of December 20, 1985 (P.L.457, No.112), entitled "An act relating to the right to practice medicine and surgery and the right to practice medically related acts; reestablishing the State Board of Medical Education and Licensure as the State Board of Medicine and providing for its composition, powers and duties; providing for the issuance of licenses and certificates and the suspension and revocation of licenses and certificates; provided penalties; and making repeals," further providing for definitions, for midwifery and for nurse-midwife license; and providing for certified midwife license.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Printer's No. PN0456** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/SB0507/PN0456)
2. **Printer's No. PN1158** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/SB0507/PN1158)
## Votes
- FINAL PASSAGE — **197–4** (pass) · lower
- BROOKS AMENDMENT NO. A-1852 — **2–48** (fail) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- BROOKS AMENDMENT NO. A-1854 — **5–45** (fail) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- BROOKS AMENDMENT NO. A-1930 — **6–44** (fail) · upper
- Committee vote (Professional Licensure): Report Bill As Committed — **26–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure): Adopt Amendment — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure): Reported as Amended — **13–1** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Rosemary Brown — primary (person)
- Amanda Cappelletti — cosponsor (person)
- Art Haywood — cosponsor (person)
- Carolyn Comitta — cosponsor (person)
- Elder Vogel — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Judith Schwank — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Katie Muth — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Nick Pisciottano — cosponsor (person)
- Nikil Saval — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Pennycuick — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne Fontana — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure `referral-committee`
- **2025-09-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2025-09-10T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-10-06T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-10-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-10-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Professional Licensure `referral-committee`
- **2025-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2026-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2026-04-28T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2026-04-28T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2026-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2026-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 14 of 2026
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf28a541-a4b1-4d0c-83de-623f84edd4a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).