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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1644"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1644 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klunk"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d678040e-2599-4cc1-8cfa-994b0ebcb449"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1644"
source_hash: "3ddcbe0ae03eb52bbfd35a86a92f021e59fa357c1f871aa3c901566ef6f1dc02"
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 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](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1644&pn=2199)
2. **Printer's No. 3783** (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=1644&pn=3783)
## Votes
- FINAL PASSAGE — **472** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — **150** (pass) · upper
- HB 1644 PN 3783, CONCUR — **1930** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **1870** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d678040e-2599-4cc1-8cfa-994b0ebcb449`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).