HB 60 — An Act amending the act of September 27, 1961 (P.L.1700, No.699), known as the Pharmacy Act, further providing for permit to conduct a pharmacy.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-13
Latest action: — Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, March 26, 2025
Sponsors
- Lisa A. Borowski (D, PA-168) — sponsor · 2025-01-13
- Jose Giral (D, PA-180) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Arvind Venkat (D, PA-30) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Nancy Guenst (D, PA-152) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Chris Pielli (D, PA-156) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Tarah Probst (D, PA-189) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, PA-153) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Kristine C. Howard (D, PA-167) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Tarik Khan (D, PA-194) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D, PA-129) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Melissa L. Shusterman (D, PA-157) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Kyle Donahue (D, PA-113) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Carol Hill-Evans (D, PA-95) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Melissa Cerrato (D, PA-151) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- G. Roni Green (D, PA-190) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Keith J. Greiner (R, PA-43) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Gina H. Curry (D, PA-164) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Heather Boyd (D, PA-163) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Liz Hanbidge (D, PA-61) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Keith S. Harris (D, PA-195) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Jeremy Shaffer (R, PA-28) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Sean Dougherty (D, PA-172) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to HEALTH, Jan. 10, 2025
- · house — Reported as amended, Feb. 5, 2025
- · house — First consideration, Feb. 5, 2025
- · house — Laid on the table, Feb. 5, 2025
- · house — Removed from table, March 17, 2025
- · house — Second consideration, March 18, 2025
- · house — Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, March 18, 2025
- · house — Re-reported as committed, March 19, 2025
- · house — Third consideration and final passage, March 19, 2025 (202-0)
- · senate — In the Senate
- · senate — Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, March 26, 2025
- · house — (Remarks see House Journal Page 245-246), March 19, 2025
Text versions
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0037 · 2,036 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 37
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 60
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY BOROWSKI, GIRAL, VENKAT, GUENST, PIELLI, PROBST,
SANCHEZ, HOWARD, KHAN, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, SHUSTERMAN, DONAHUE
AND HILL-EVANS, JANUARY 10, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, JANUARY 10, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of September 27, 1961 (P.L.1700, No.699),
2 entitled "An act relating to the regulation of the practice
3 of pharmacy, including the sales, use and distribution of
4 drugs and devices at retail; and amending, revising,
5 consolidating and repealing certain laws relating thereto,"
6 further providing for permit to conduct a pharmacy.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 4(a)(3.1)(ii) of the act of September 27,
10 1961 (P.L.1700, No.699), known as the Pharmacy Act, is amended
11 to read:
12 Section 4. Permit to Conduct a Pharmacy.--(a) The State
13 Board of Pharmacy shall issue a permit to any person to conduct
14 a pharmacy who has filed an application therefor, subscribed by
15 the applicant under oath or affirmation, and containing such
16 information as the board may require, and whose proposed
17 pharmacy complies with all requirements of this act, including
18 the following:
19 * * *
1 (3.1) Adheres to the following requirements for transferring
2 prescriptions between pharmacies in Pennsylvania:
3 * * *
4 (ii) The drug is not a Schedule II controlled substance,
5 except for a drug that may be transfered between pharmacies
6 under Federal law or regulation.
7 * * *
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Outbound (3)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Consumer Protection And Professional Licensure Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Health Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Committees
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lisa A. Borowski (D, state_lower PA-168) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Arvind Venkat (D, state_lower PA-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, state_lower PA-153) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Carol Hill-Evans (D, state_lower PA-95) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Chris Pielli (D, state_lower PA-156) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | G. Roni Green (D, state_lower PA-190) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Gina H. Curry (D, state_lower PA-164) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Heather Boyd (D, state_lower PA-163) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Jeremy Shaffer (R, state_lower PA-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D, state_lower PA-129) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Jose Giral (D, state_lower PA-180) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Keith J. Greiner (R, state_lower PA-43) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Keith S. Harris (D, state_lower PA-195) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Kristine C. Howard (D, state_lower PA-167) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Kyle Donahue (D, state_lower PA-113) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Liz Hanbidge (D, state_lower PA-61) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Melissa Cerrato (D, state_lower PA-151) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Melissa L. Shusterman (D, state_lower PA-157) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Nancy Guenst (D, state_lower PA-152) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Sean Dougherty (D, state_lower PA-172) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Tarah Probst (D, state_lower PA-189) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 22 | Tarik Khan (D, state_lower PA-194) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Consumer Protection And Professional Licensure Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Health Committee · pa-leg