republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-1840.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736, No.338), known as the Workers' Compensation Act, in liability and compensation, further providing for schedule of compensation, for computation of benefits and for physical examination or expert interview.	An Act amending the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736, No.338), known as the Workers' Compensation Act, in liability and compensation, further providing for schedule of compensation, for computation of benefits and for physical examination or expert interview.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	HB 1840	Pennsylvania HB 1840 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Kauffman	4	24	7	2017-10-02T04:00:00+00:00	2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/beb45e6d-b52d-4082-96ec-00dd16d113f9	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1840	985c8bf9cda409c6497dd6fff72132295e95c5e4471126a841b014a8f64caf32	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 1840 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736, No.338), known as the Workers' Compensation Act, in liability and compensation, further providing for schedule of compensation, for computation of benefits and for physical examination or expert interview.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 2513 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 3595 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 3802 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. 4147 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1840 PN 3595, 2017 A7879, KAUFFMAN — 116–79 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 115–80 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 33–16 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (LABOR AND INDUSTRY): Reported as Amended — 8–4 (pass) · upper
• HB 1840 PN 3802, MOT PROCEED WITH BILL, REED — 179–16 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 17–9 (pass) · upper
• HB 1840 PN 3802, FINAL PASSAGE-RECONSIDERED — 34–15 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kauffman — primary (person)
• Bloom — cosponsor (person)
• Cox — cosponsor (person)
• Delozier — cosponsor (person)
• Dush — cosponsor (person)
• Everett — cosponsor (person)
• F. Keller — cosponsor (person)
• Fee — cosponsor (person)
• Greiner — cosponsor (person)
• Grove — cosponsor (person)
• Irvin — cosponsor (person)
• Keefer — cosponsor (person)
• Knowles — cosponsor (person)
• Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
• Maher — cosponsor (person)
• Mcginnis — cosponsor (person)
• Metcalfe — cosponsor (person)
• Millard — cosponsor (person)
• Mustio — cosponsor (person)
• Nelson — cosponsor (person)
• Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Pickett — cosponsor (person)
• Rader — cosponsor (person)
• Rothman — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan — cosponsor (person)
• Saylor — cosponsor (person)
• Topper — cosponsor (person)
• Turzai — cosponsor (person)
• Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Wheeland — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-10-02T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2513 Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY referral-committee
• 2018-06-04T04:00:00+00:00 PN 3595 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-06-04T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2018-06-04T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 PN 3802 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-06-22T04:00:00+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 Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY referral-committee
• 2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00 Amended in Senate Committee on LABOR AND INDUSTRY
• 2018-10-02T04:00:00+00:00 PN 4147 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-10-02T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2018-10-03T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2018-10-03T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00 PN 3802 Motion to revert to Prior Printer's No. 3802
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Vote on final passage reconsidered
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Final passage passage
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 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; origin ocd-bill/beb45e6d-b52d-4082-96ec-00dd16d113f9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).