republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2025-2026/hb-2163.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.216, No.76), known as The Dental Law, further providing for definitions, for general powers of the State Board of Dentistry, for penalties and for restricted faculty license.	An Act amending the act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.216, No.76), known as The Dental Law, further providing for definitions, for general powers of the State Board of Dentistry, for penalties and for restricted faculty license.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2025-2026	HB 2163	Pennsylvania HB 2163 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Maureen Madden	1	21	6	2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00	2026-05-06T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/52c83cfb-09cd-4b14-985a-891c6eb87b49	https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=34&rollcallid=1668&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0	f8285e6db28ad8a6b859fc2bad9c6c3d97a097d6dc07e86386593b50edfcadab	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 2163 (2025-2026) — An Act amending the act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.216, No.76), known as The Dental Law, further providing for definitions, for general powers of the State Board of Dentistry, for penalties and for restricted faculty license.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. PN2800 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 199–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure): Reported as Committed — 11–3 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Professional Licensure): Report Bill As Committed — 26–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 43–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Maureen Madden — primary (person)
• Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
• Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
• Frank Burns — cosponsor (person)
• Gina Curry — cosponsor (person)
• Jamie Barton — cosponsor (person)
• Jeremy Shaffer — cosponsor (person)
• Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz — cosponsor (person)
• Justin Fleming — cosponsor (person)
• Liz Hanbidge — cosponsor (person)
• Mary Jo Daley — cosponsor (person)
• Nikki Rivera — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Freeman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Professional Licensure referral-committee
• 2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2026-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure referral-committee
• 2026-04-20T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2026-04-20T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2026-04-21T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2026-04-21T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-04-21T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2026-04-22T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-27T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2026-05-04T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 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. 13 of 2026

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/52c83cfb-09cd-4b14-985a-891c6eb87b49. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).