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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

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.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 309 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania House on January 23, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: 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. Primary sponsor: Frank Burns (Democratic). It lists 18 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (July 7, 2025): Act No. 29 of 2025.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 15 · Republican 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Frank BurnsPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse72
Jake BantaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Joe CiresiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse146
Tina DavisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse141
Kyle DonahueCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse113
Joe EmrickCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse137
Bob FreemanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse136
José GiralCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse180
Jim HaddockCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse118
Carol Hill-EvansCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse95
Lee JamesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Malcolm KenyattaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse181
Bob MerskiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse2
Ed NeilsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse174
Chad ReichardCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse90
Ben SanchezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse153
Mike SchlossbergCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse132
Arvind VenkatCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse30
Joe WebsterCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse150

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Act No. 29 of 2025
  2. Approved by the Governor
  3. Presented to the Governor
  4. Signed in Senate
  5. Signed in House
  6. House concurred in Senate amendments
  7. Re-reported on concurrence, as committed
  8. Referred to Rules
  9. Third consideration and final passage
  10. Re-reported as committed
  11. Re-referred to Appropriations
  12. Second consideration

Showing 12 most recent of 24 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source