republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-1175.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in lobbying disclosure, further providing for definitions, for registration, for reporting, for prohibited activities, for administration, for penalties and for registration fees, fund established, system and regulations."
description: "An Act amending Title 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in lobbying disclosure, further providing for definitions, for registration, for reporting, for prohibited activities, for administration, for penalties and for registration fees, fund established, system and regulations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1175"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1175 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cutler"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-04-12T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-02-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8601cf79-dd76-491f-be30-39b0b934a670"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1175"
source_hash: "5821cc1502689b85c04be559a98b7639d24a92cf099663c6a962824c6146eac0"
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 1175 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in lobbying disclosure, further providing for definitions, for registration, for reporting, for prohibited activities, for administration, for penalties and for registration fees, fund established, system and regulations.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 1398** (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=1175&pn=1398)
2. **Printer's No. 2201** (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=1175&pn=2201)
3. **Printer's No. 2698** (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=1175&pn=2698)
4. **Printer's No. 2801** (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=1175&pn=2801)

## Votes

- Committee vote (STATE GOVERNMENT): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1175 PN 1398, 2017 A2376, CUTLER — **196–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1175 PN 2801, CONCUR — **194–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1175 PN 1398, 2017 A1218, NEUMAN — **98–101** (fail) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **190–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Amended — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cutler — primary (person)
- B. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Barbin — cosponsor (person)
- D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
- D. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
- English — cosponsor (person)
- Fee — cosponsor (person)
- Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Hickernell — cosponsor (person)
- Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
- Kaufer — cosponsor (person)
- Matzie — cosponsor (person)
- Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Miccarelli — cosponsor (person)
- Neuman — cosponsor (person)
- Roe — cosponsor (person)
- Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
- Solomon — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1398 Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2201 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-14T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2698 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2801 Re-reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-14T05:00:00+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/8601cf79-dd76-491f-be30-39b0b934a670`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).