HB 309 — An Act amending the act of October 5, 1978 (P.L.1109, No.261), known as the Osteopathic Medical Practice Act, further providing for power to license, for visiting team physician and for licenses, exemptions, nonresident practitioners, graduate students, biennial registration and continuing medical education.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-23
Latest action: — Act No. 29 of 2025, July 7, 2025
Sponsors
- Frank Burns (D, PA-72) — sponsor · 2025-01-23
- Joe Emrick (R, PA-137) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Carol Hill-Evans (D, PA-95) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- R. Lee James (R, PA-64) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Chad G. Reichard (R, PA-90) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Robert Freeman (D, PA-136) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Arvind Venkat (D, PA-30) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, PA-153) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Jose Giral (D, PA-180) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Jacob D. Banta (R, PA-4) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Robert E. Merski (D, PA-2) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Michael H. Schlossberg (D, PA-132) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Malcolm Kenyatta (D, PA-181) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Ed Neilson (D, PA-174) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Kyle Donahue (D, PA-113) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Jim Haddock (D, PA-118) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Joe Ciresi (D, PA-146) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Joe Webster (D, PA-150) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Tina M. Davis (D, PA-141) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, Jan. 23, 2025
- · house — Reported as amended, Jan. 29, 2025
- · house — First consideration, Jan. 29, 2025
- · house — Laid on the table, Jan. 29, 2025
- · house — Removed from table, May 7, 2025
- · house — Second consideration, with amendments, May 12, 2025
- · house — Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, May 12, 2025
- · house — Re-reported as committed, May 13, 2025
- · house — Third consideration and final passage, May 13, 2025 (202-1)
- · senate — In the Senate
- · senate — Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, May 22, 2025
- · senate — Reported as amended, June 24, 2025
- · senate — First consideration, June 24, 2025
- · senate — Second consideration, June 25, 2025
- · senate — Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, June 25, 2025
- · senate — Re-reported as committed, June 25, 2025
- · senate — Third consideration and final passage, June 26, 2025 (50-0)
- · house — In the House
- · house — Referred to RULES, June 30, 2025
- · house — Re-reported on concurrence, as committed, June 30, 2025
- · house — House concurred in Senate amendments, June 30, 2025 (203-0)
- · house — Signed in House, June 30, 2025
- · senate — Signed in Senate, June 30, 2025
- — Presented to the Governor, July 1, 2025
- — Approved by the Governor, July 7, 2025
- — Act No. 29 of 2025, July 7, 2025
- · house — (Remarks see House Journal Page 589-590), May 12, 2025
- · house — (Remarks see House Journal Page 1166), June 30, 2025
Text versions
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Bill text
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PRINTER'S NO. 262
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 309
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY BURNS, EMRICK, HILL-EVANS, JAMES, REICHARD,
FREEMAN, VENKAT, SANCHEZ, GIRAL, BANTA, MERSKI, SCHLOSSBERG,
KENYATTA, NEILSON, DONAHUE AND HADDOCK, JANUARY 23, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
JANUARY 23, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of December 20, 1985 (P.L.457, No.112),
2 entitled "An act relating to the right to practice medicine
3 and surgery and the right to practice medically related acts;
4 reestablishing the State Board of Medical Education and
5 Licensure as the State Board of Medicine and providing for
6 its composition, powers and duties; providing for the
7 issuance of licenses and certificates and the suspension and
8 revocation of licenses and certificates; provided penalties;
9 and making repeals," further providing for visiting team
10 physician.
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 Section 1. Section 13.6(a) introductory paragraph of the act
14 of December 20, 1985 (P.L.457, No.112), known as the Medical
15 Practice Act of 1985, is amended to read:
16 Section 13.6. Visiting team physician.
17 (a) Licensure exemption.--A physician who is licensed in
18 good standing to practice in another state or country shall be
19 exempt from the licensure requirements of this act while
20 practicing in this Commonwealth if either of the following
21 apply:
1 * * *
2 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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Outbound (5)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Rules Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | 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 Professional Licensure Committee | — | pa-leg |
The full graph
Every typed relationship touching this entity — 5 edges across 1 category. Grouped by what the connection is; the heaviest few are shown, with a link to the full list.
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 | Frank Burns (D, state_lower PA-72) | 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 | Chad G. Reichard (R, state_lower PA-90) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Ed Neilson (D, state_lower PA-174) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Jacob D. Banta (R, state_lower PA-4) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Jim Haddock (D, state_lower PA-118) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Joe Ciresi (D, state_lower PA-146) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Joe Emrick (R, state_lower PA-137) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Joe Webster (D, state_lower PA-150) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Jose Giral (D, state_lower PA-180) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Kyle Donahue (D, state_lower PA-113) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Malcolm Kenyatta (D, state_lower PA-181) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Michael H. Schlossberg (D, state_lower PA-132) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | R. Lee James (R, state_lower PA-64) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Robert E. Merski (D, state_lower PA-2) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Robert Freeman (D, state_lower PA-136) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Tina M. Davis (D, state_lower PA-141) | 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 House Rules Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee · pa-leg
- 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 Professional Licensure Committee · pa-leg