---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of February 19, 1980 (P.L.15, No.9), known as the Real Estate Licensing and Registration Act, in definitions, further providing for definitions; in qualifications and applications for licenses and registration certificates, further providing for qualifications for license; in duties of licensees, further providing for comparative market analysis disclosure and providing for broker price opinion; in Real Estate Recovery Fund, further providing for establishment of the fund; and making related repeals."
description: "An Act amending the act of February 19, 1980 (P.L.15, No.9), known as the Real Estate Licensing and Registration Act, in definitions, further providing for definitions; in qualifications and applications for licenses and registration certificates, further providing for qualifications for license; in duties of licensees, further providing for comparative market analysis disclosure and providing for broker price opinion; in Real Estate Recovery Fund, further providing for establishment of the fund; and making related repeals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 863"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 863 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rothman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bf3a67f-e3d4-4f12-9d00-a81cecd7496c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=863"
source_hash: "9e975ea42b9abf4f6bdaf7bd4830afcea2a603b108e065e1fb51c5be8a822943"
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 863 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of February 19, 1980 (P.L.15, No.9), known as the Real Estate Licensing and Registration Act, in definitions, further providing for definitions; in qualifications and applications for licenses and registration certificates, further providing for qualifications for license; in duties of licensees, further providing for comparative market analysis disclosure and providing for broker price opinion; in Real Estate Recovery Fund, further providing for establishment of the fund; and making related repeals.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0969** (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=0863&pn=0969)
2. **Printer's No. 1930** (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=0863&pn=1930)

## Votes

- Committee vote (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **182–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rothman — primary (person)
- A. Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Boyle — cosponsor (person)
- Briggs — cosponsor (person)
- C. Quinn — cosponsor (person)
- Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Cutler — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Deasy — cosponsor (person)
- Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
- Farry — cosponsor (person)
- Godshall — cosponsor (person)
- Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
- Knowles — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Longietti — cosponsor (person)
- Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Markosek — cosponsor (person)
- Marsico — cosponsor (person)
- Masser — cosponsor (person)
- Miccarelli — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Quigley — cosponsor (person)
- R. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Ravenstahl — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Roe — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Santora — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
- Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Toepel — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Wheeland — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0969 Referred to PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1930 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **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`
- **2018-06-29T04:00:00+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/0bf3a67f-e3d4-4f12-9d00-a81cecd7496c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).