HARRISBURG — Legislation to further clamp down on powerful painkiller prescriptions in Pennsylvania passed the state Senate on Wednesday as part of a broader package to fight opioid addiction, nearly three years after lawmakers launched their first broad effort to curb a growing epidemic.

Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration has said the hard-hit state is making progress in fighting overdoses, citing preliminary data from the state coroners association that overdose deaths declined about 20 percent to around 4,200 in 2018.

The Senate wrapped up voting on the new slate of bills Wednesday, sending them to the House of Representatives.

One bill in the package imposes a seven-day limit on opioid painkiller prescriptions for all adults, expanding seven-day limits that lawmakers approved in 2016 on prescriptions for minors and emergency room patients.

The bill maintains exceptions for the judgment of the prescribing doctor that a longer prescription is necessary to stabilize the patient’s condition, as well as for cancer, hospice care and chronic pain. It also added one exception, for a major surgery.

House Republicans are open to the bill and it is likely to find bipartisan support in the chamber.

The bill’s sponsor, Sen. Gene Yaw, R-Lycoming, said hospital groups dropped their opposition to the broader prescription limits for adult patients after being able to lower prescription rates and use alternatives, such as over-the-counter painkillers.