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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in civil actions and proceedings, extensively revising statutory arbitration and providing for collaborative law process; and making editorial changes."
+description: "An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in civil actions and proceedings, extensively revising statutory arbitration and providing for collaborative law process; and making editorial changes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 1644"
+citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1644 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Klunk"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2017-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2018-06-28T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d678040e-2599-4cc1-8cfa-994b0ebcb449"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1644"
+source_hash: "3ddcbe0ae03eb52bbfd35a86a92f021e59fa357c1f871aa3c901566ef6f1dc02"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
+---
+
+# Pennsylvania HB 1644 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in civil actions and proceedings, extensively revising statutory arbitration and providing for collaborative law process; and making editorial changes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Printer's No. 2199** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1644&pn=2199)
+2. **Printer's No. 3783** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1644&pn=3783)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **47–2** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- HB 1644 PN 3783, CONCUR — **193–0** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **187–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Klunk — primary (person)
+- Baker — cosponsor (person)
+- Barbin — cosponsor (person)
+- Briggs — cosponsor (person)
+- Cutler — cosponsor (person)
+- Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
+- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
+- Knowles — cosponsor (person)
+- Longietti — cosponsor (person)
+- Maher — cosponsor (person)
+- Millard — cosponsor (person)
+- Milne — cosponsor (person)
+- Mullery — cosponsor (person)
+- Nesbit — cosponsor (person)
+- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
+- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
+- Schemel — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephens — cosponsor (person)
+- Toohil — cosponsor (person)
+- Warren — cosponsor (person)
+- Watson — cosponsor (person)
+- Wheeland — cosponsor (person)
+- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2199 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2017-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2017-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2017-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2017-12-04T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2017-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2017-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2017-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2017-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3783 Amended on third consideration
+- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
+- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d678040e-2599-4cc1-8cfa-994b0ebcb449`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+