---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in regulation of insurers and related persons generally, providing for corporate governance annual disclosure; and, in reserve liabilities, further providing for small company exemption."
description: "An Act amending Title 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in regulation of insurers and related persons generally, providing for corporate governance annual disclosure; and, in reserve liabilities, further providing for small company exemption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 1205"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 1205 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laughlin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/417988c5-2b09-4f7d-af04-94e3f48e0fd8"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=1205"
source_hash: "b7a79653992385c6fab8cdefb1aa6bb70426317b1baaa41c2073e426b90ef590"
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 SB 1205 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in regulation of insurers and related persons generally, providing for corporate governance annual disclosure; and, in reserve liabilities, further providing for small company exemption.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 1848** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=1205&pn=1848)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **182–3** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (BANKING AND INSURANCE): Reported as Committed — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Laughlin — primary (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1848 Referred to BANKING AND INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-10-11T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-10-18T04:00:00+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/417988c5-2b09-4f7d-af04-94e3f48e0fd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).