republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-1644.md

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Bill	An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in civil actions and proceedings, extensively revising statutory arbitration and providing for collaborative law process; and making editorial changes.	An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in civil actions and proceedings, extensively revising statutory arbitration and providing for collaborative law process; and making editorial changes.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	HB 1644	Pennsylvania HB 1644 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Klunk	2	22	4	2017-06-30T04:00:00+00:00	2018-06-28T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d678040e-2599-4cc1-8cfa-994b0ebcb449	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1644	3ddcbe0ae03eb52bbfd35a86a92f021e59fa357c1f871aa3c901566ef6f1dc02	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 1644 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in civil actions and proceedings, extensively revising statutory arbitration and providing for collaborative law process; and making editorial changes.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 2199 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 3783 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 47–2 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 1644 PN 3783, CONCUR — 193–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 187–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Klunk — primary (person)
• Baker — cosponsor (person)
• Barbin — cosponsor (person)
• Briggs — cosponsor (person)
• Cutler — cosponsor (person)
• Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
• Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
• Knowles — cosponsor (person)
• Longietti — cosponsor (person)
• Maher — cosponsor (person)
• Millard — cosponsor (person)
• Milne — cosponsor (person)
• Mullery — cosponsor (person)
• Nesbit — cosponsor (person)
• Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Saylor — cosponsor (person)
• Schemel — cosponsor (person)
• Stephens — cosponsor (person)
• Toohil — cosponsor (person)
• Warren — cosponsor (person)
• Watson — cosponsor (person)
• Wheeland — cosponsor (person)
• Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2199 Referred to JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2017-11-21T05:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-11-21T05:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-11-21T05:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2017-12-04T05:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2017-12-05T05:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2017-12-05T05:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-12-06T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-12-06T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-12-08T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 PN 3783 Amended on third consideration
• 2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 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
• 2018-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d678040e-2599-4cc1-8cfa-994b0ebcb449. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).