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2017–2018 Regular Session

Senate Bill 668

An Act amending the act of June 6, 1980 (P.L.197, No.57), known as the Optometric Practice and Licensure Act, further providing for definitions and for approval of drugs; further providing for exemptions and exceptions and for violations and penalties; and providing for insurance billing codes.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Professional Licensure Committee on October 2, 2018. The 2017–2018 session has ended.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

10 co-sponsors

Mike Folmer, Lisa Baker, John T. Yudichak, Donald C. White, Scott E. Hutchinson, Patrick J. Stefano, Joseph B. Scarnati III, James R. Brewster, John C. Rafferty Jr., Ryan P. Aument

Its course

May 4, 2017 to October 2, 2018, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action10 actions on 7 days

In the SenateMay 4 to Sep 25509 days

Consumer Protection & Professional LicensureMay 4 to Jun 6398 days

AppropriationsJun 18 to Jun 213 days

In the House of RepresentativesSep 25 to Oct 2 · stopped7 days

Professional LicensureOct 2 to Oct 2 · stopped0 days

Votes

Yeas to nays, as the General Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

  • Senate, amendment37–12

    Sep 24, 2018

  • Senate, third reading32–17

    Passed · Sep 25, 2018

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Jun 6, 2018

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Sep 24, 2018

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the Senate May 4 – Sep 25, 2018

  1. May 4Sent to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE
  2. Jun 6, 2018CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE recommended it as amended
  3. Jun 18, 2018Read a second time
  4. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  5. Jun 21, 2018APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
  6. Sep 24, 2018Amended on the floor
  7. Sep 25, 2018Passed the Senate, 32 to 17

In the House of Representatives Oct 2, 2018

  1. Oct 2, 2018Arrived in the House of Representatives
  2. Sent to PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE
All 10 actions, as published
  1. May 4Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, May 4, 2017 [Senate]Senate
  2. Jun 6, 2018Reported as amended, June 6, 2018 [Senate]Senate
  3. Jun 6, 2018First consideration, June 6, 2018 [Senate]Senate
  4. Jun 18, 2018Second consideration, June 18, 2018 [Senate]Senate
  5. Jun 18, 2018Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, June 18, 2018 [Senate]Senate
  6. Jun 21, 2018Re-reported as committed, June 21, 2018 [Senate]Senate
  7. Sep 24, 2018Amended on third consideration, Sept. 24, 2018 (37-12) [Senate]Senate
  8. Sep 25, 2018Third consideration and final passage, Sept. 25, 2018 (32-17) [Senate]Senate
  9. Oct 2, 2018In the House [House]House of Representatives
  10. Oct 2, 2018Referred to PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, Oct. 2, 2018 [House]House of Representatives