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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in regulation of insurers and related persons generally, providing for mental health parity and access to addiction treatment."
description: "An Act amending Title 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in regulation of insurers and related persons generally, providing for mental health parity and access to addiction treatment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1439"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1439 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kaufer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cc0c623-1037-4551-ba1d-0f3f8de31e83"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1439"
source_hash: "d71e24037209a3fef43f3b893a330e4f344a7856293ad0603e2df847c9d87a46"
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 1439 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in regulation of insurers and related persons generally, providing for mental health parity and access to addiction treatment.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **House Amendment A04692** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=1439&pn=1777&aYear=2019&an=04692)
2. **Printer's No. 1777** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1439&pn=1777)
3. **Printer's No. 3629** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1439&pn=3629)
## Votes
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **21–3** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (BANKING AND INSURANCE): Reported as Committed — **13–1** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Kaufer — primary (person)
- Davidson — cosponsor (person)
- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
- Digirolamo — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Moul — cosponsor (person)
- Murt — cosponsor (person)
- Otten — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Webster — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1777 Referred to INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3629 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2020-04-28T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to BANKING AND INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-07-13T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-07-13T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-29T04:00:00+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/7cc0c623-1037-4551-ba1d-0f3f8de31e83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).