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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act providing for consumer prescription drug pricing disclosure and pharmacy freedom to communicate."
+description: "An Act providing for consumer prescription drug pricing disclosure and pharmacy freedom to communicate."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "HB 943"
+citation: "Pennsylvania HB 943 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gaydos"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2019-04-29T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2020-07-23T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72051890-502d-4e54-858e-e6c56ac630c4"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=943"
+source_hash: "289e9d87cce583f0aa7eb3a1db23c4e276fec786d2e6530a3cf306f2885aba6f"
+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 943 (2019-2020) — An Act providing for consumer prescription drug pricing disclosure and pharmacy freedom to communicate.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **House Amendment A01815** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=0943&pn=1587&aYear=2019&an=01815)
+2. **Printer's No. 1587** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0943&pn=1587)
+3. **Printer's No. 2089** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0943&pn=2089)
+4. **Printer's No. 3655** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0943&pn=3655)
+5. **Printer's No. 4053** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0943&pn=4053)
+6. **Senate Amendment A05261** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=0943&pn=2089&aYear=2019&an=05261)
+7. **Senate Amendment A06471** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=0943&pn=3655&aYear=2019&an=06471)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **197–0** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- HB 943 PN 4053, CONCUR — **201–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gaydos — primary (person)
+- B. Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- Barrar — cosponsor (person)
+- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
+- Brown — cosponsor (person)
+- Burns — cosponsor (person)
+- Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
+- Deasy — cosponsor (person)
+- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
+- Dush — cosponsor (person)
+- Everett — cosponsor (person)
+- Gabler — cosponsor (person)
+- Gleim — cosponsor (person)
+- Greiner — cosponsor (person)
+- Harkins — cosponsor (person)
+- Heffley — cosponsor (person)
+- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
+- Isaacson — cosponsor (person)
+- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
+- Keefer — cosponsor (person)
+- Klunk — cosponsor (person)
+- Knowles — cosponsor (person)
+- Longietti — cosponsor (person)
+- Masser — cosponsor (person)
+- Matzie — cosponsor (person)
+- Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
+- Millard — cosponsor (person)
+- Mizgorski — cosponsor (person)
+- Moul — cosponsor (person)
+- Mullins — cosponsor (person)
+- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Owlett — cosponsor (person)
+- Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
+- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
+- Pyle — cosponsor (person)
+- Quinn — cosponsor (person)
+- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
+- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Rigby — cosponsor (person)
+- Sainato — cosponsor (person)
+- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
+- Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
+- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
+- Schmitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Schweyer — cosponsor (person)
+- Sims — cosponsor (person)
+- Solomon — cosponsor (person)
+- Struzzi — cosponsor (person)
+- Sturla — cosponsor (person)
+- T. Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Toepel — cosponsor (person)
+- Toohil — cosponsor (person)
+- Warren — cosponsor (person)
+- Wentling — cosponsor (person)
+- Wheeland — cosponsor (person)
+- Williams — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1587 Referred to HEALTH `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2089 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-09-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-09-17T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2019-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-11-22T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
+- **2020-04-28T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3655 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2020-04-28T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2020-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2020-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** PN 4053 Amended on third consideration
+- **2020-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2020-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2020-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
+- **2020-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2020-07-13T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2020-07-13T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-07-23T04:00:00+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/72051890-502d-4e54-858e-e6c56ac630c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+