---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in particular rights and immunities, providing for contracts or agreements for nondisclosure of certain conduct."
description: "An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in particular rights and immunities, providing for contracts or agreements for nondisclosure of certain conduct."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1171"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1171 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Toohil"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-11-26T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0529223e-683c-4e35-be5e-18c5f2603280"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1171"
source_hash: "032cc523f144a3cf492d2185c9f56e09f07956c9478d57e07e0bb7553f86fbab"
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 1171 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in particular rights and immunities, providing for contracts or agreements for nondisclosure of certain conduct.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A00768** (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=1171&pn=1349&aYear=2019&an=00768)
2. **Printer's No. 1349** (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=1171&pn=1349)
3. **Printer's No. 1456** (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=1171&pn=1456)
4. **Printer's No. 2892** (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=1171&pn=2892)
5. **Senate Amendment A03745** (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=1171&pn=1456&aYear=2019&an=03745)
6. **Senate Amendment A03972** (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=1171&pn=2892&aYear=2019&an=03972)

## Votes

- HB 1171 PN 1349, 2019 A768, BURNS — **196–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1171 PN 2892, A3972, FARNESE AMENDMENT NO. A-3972 — **20–28** (fail) · upper
- HB 1171 PN 2892, CONCUR — **187–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **191–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Amended — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Toohil — primary (person)
- Donatucci — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Kenyatta — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Murt — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- T. Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1349 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1456 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2892 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2019-11-22T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-26T05:00:00+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/0529223e-683c-4e35-be5e-18c5f2603280`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).