republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-1851.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.789, No.285), known as The Insurance Department Act of 1921, in examinations, further providing for purpose and for definitions and providing for scheduling conference, for budget estimate and revisions, for billing invoices and for annual examination and analysis report and for the Pennsylvania Professional Liability Joint Underwriting Association; and making a related repeal."
description: "An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.789, No.285), known as The Insurance Department Act of 1921, in examinations, further providing for purpose and for definitions and providing for scheduling conference, for budget estimate and revisions, for billing invoices and for annual examination and analysis report and for the Pennsylvania Professional Liability Joint Underwriting Association; and making a related repeal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1851"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1851 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pickett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-10-10T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/167b5ff4-20b7-42ae-8eda-b1799bd7fb06"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1851"
source_hash: "7af8b11ea58410efa601e283796263a62b774a8e058185303b04513095824057"
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 1851 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.789, No.285), known as The Insurance Department Act of 1921, in examinations, further providing for purpose and for definitions and providing for scheduling conference, for budget estimate and revisions, for billing invoices and for annual examination and analysis report and for the Pennsylvania Professional Liability Joint Underwriting Association; and making a related repeal.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 2552** (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=1851&pn=2552)
2. **Printer's No. 2991** (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=1851&pn=2991)
3. **Printer's No. 3797** (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=1851&pn=3797)

## Votes

- HB 1851 PN 3797, CONCUR — **195–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (BANKING AND INSURANCE): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **194–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Amended — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pickett — primary (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Bradford — cosponsor (person)
- D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
- M. Quinn — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Wheeland — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-10-10T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2552 Referred to INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2991 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to BANKING AND INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3797 Re-reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **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`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+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/167b5ff4-20b7-42ae-8eda-b1799bd7fb06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).