republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-1013.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in quality health care accountability and protection, further providing for emergency services and providing for quality eye care for insured Pennsylvanians."
description: "An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in quality health care accountability and protection, further providing for emergency services and providing for quality eye care for insured Pennsylvanians."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1013"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1013 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barrar"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-03-28T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ea064af-5624-4dcb-8ced-384367864c47"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1013"
source_hash: "d3dae0bf3b73cfa12c2beae0e26d92d3b65618cae26107538b469952f7a09cb0"
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 1013 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in quality health care accountability and protection, further providing for emergency services and providing for quality eye care for insured Pennsylvanians.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 1172** (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=1013&pn=1172)
2. **Printer's No. 1709** (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=1013&pn=1709)
3. **Printer's No. 4069** (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=1013&pn=4069)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1013 PN 4069, CONCUR — **187–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (BANKING AND INSURANCE): Reported as Amended — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **190–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barrar — primary (person)
- B. O'Neill — cosponsor (person)
- Barbin — cosponsor (person)
- Boback — cosponsor (person)
- Causer — cosponsor (person)
- Charlton — cosponsor (person)
- Cox — cosponsor (person)
- D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dush — cosponsor (person)
- Farry — cosponsor (person)
- Gabler — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Godshall — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Masser — cosponsor (person)
- Metzgar — cosponsor (person)
- Miccarelli — cosponsor (person)
- Ortitay — cosponsor (person)
- R. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Rader — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Roae — cosponsor (person)
- Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
- Saccone — cosponsor (person)
- Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1172 Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1709 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to BANKING AND INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** PN 4069 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-09-26T04:00:00+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** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ea064af-5624-4dcb-8ced-384367864c47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).