---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act prohibiting fees for early termination of certain contracts upon death; providing for waiver of applicable fees; and imposing civil penalties."
description: "An Act prohibiting fees for early termination of certain contracts upon death; providing for waiver of applicable fees; and imposing civil penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 109"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 109 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joe Ciresi"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/475bce4b-ebe7-47c2-a962-173a3627f402"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=62&rollcallid=973&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "09088f6cde61df1e49df2bb47d453ffac346c5cd70393ff063007a1cfdce19ad"
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 109 (2023-2024) — An Act prohibiting fees for early termination of certain contracts upon death; providing for waiver of applicable fees; and imposing civil penalties.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A02425** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A02425)
2. **House Amendment A02478** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A02478)
3. **House Amendment A02480** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A02480)
4. **Printer's No. PN0093** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0109/PN0093)
5. **Printer's No. PN2084** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0109/PN2084)
6. **Printer's No. PN2140** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0109/PN2140)

## Votes

- A2425 — **203–0** (pass) · lower
- GERMANENESS OF AMENDMENT — **100–103** (fail) · lower
- GERMANENESS OF AMENDMENT — **101–102** (fail) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **203–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure): Reported as Committed — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities): Adopt Amendment — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities): Report Bill As Amended — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joe Ciresi — primary (person)
- Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Rabb — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Williams — cosponsor (person)
- David Delloso — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Fiedler — cosponsor (person)
- Emily Kinkead — cosponsor (person)
- Jeanne Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Hohenstein — cosponsor (person)
- Liz Hanbidge — cosponsor (person)
- Lynda Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
- Manuel Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen Madden — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Guenst — cosponsor (person)
- Nick Pisciottano — cosponsor (person)
- Perry Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Malagari — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy Fink — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2023-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2023-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2023-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 29 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/475bce4b-ebe7-47c2-a962-173a3627f402`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).