---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in personal representative and bond, further providing for requiring or changing amount of bond."
description: "An Act amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in personal representative and bond, further providing for requiring or changing amount of bond."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1885"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1885 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ryan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddaaebea-ff04-4e71-bcd8-c1251256cefc"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1885"
source_hash: "b0ec6358baf3ad604cec4788da77ea44afa627c745628860ae4346a90d8ecac3"
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 1885 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in personal representative and bond, further providing for requiring or changing amount of bond.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Printer's No. 2640** (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=1885&pn=2640)
2. **Printer's No. 3167** (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=1885&pn=3167)
3. **Printer's No. 4255** (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=1885&pn=4255)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1885 PN 4255, CONCUR — **187–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **190–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ryan — primary (person)
- D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Diamond — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- Keefer — cosponsor (person)
- Mehaffie — cosponsor (person)
- Miccarelli — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Staats — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2640 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3167 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)
- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** PN 4255 Amended on third consideration
- **2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-10-24T04:00:00+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/ddaaebea-ff04-4e71-bcd8-c1251256cefc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).