republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2019-2020/hb-1696.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 health insurance coverage parity and nondiscrimination, further providing for definitions and for adoption of Federal acts and providing for annual attestation by insurers and for insurer analysis and disclosure information."
description: "An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in health insurance coverage parity and nondiscrimination, further providing for definitions and for adoption of Federal acts and providing for annual attestation by insurers and for insurer analysis and disclosure information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1696"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1696 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-07-08T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7782e41-cbbc-42b6-82e9-0ec0e01ef251"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1696"
source_hash: "f5951bb03955f236fe33b16d9a04a245d222f8d6d9851c1636e881a924cd68ad"
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 1696 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in health insurance coverage parity and nondiscrimination, further providing for definitions and for adoption of Federal acts and providing for annual attestation by insurers and for insurer analysis and disclosure information.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A05248** (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=1696&pn=2288&aYear=2019&an=05248)
2. **Printer's No. 2288** (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=1696&pn=2288)
3. **Printer's No. 3630** (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=1696&pn=3630)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (BANKING AND INSURANCE): Reported as Committed — **13–1** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **22–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Murt — primary (person)
- Boback — cosponsor (person)
- Burgos — cosponsor (person)
- Caltagirone — cosponsor (person)
- Davidson — cosponsor (person)
- Day — cosponsor (person)
- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
- Frankel — cosponsor (person)
- Gabler — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Hanbidge — cosponsor (person)
- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Hohenstein — cosponsor (person)
- Isaacson — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson-Harrell — cosponsor (person)
- Kaufer — cosponsor (person)
- Kirkland — cosponsor (person)
- Markosek — cosponsor (person)
- Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Otten — cosponsor (person)
- Polinchock — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Roebuck — cosponsor (person)
- Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Schweyer — cosponsor (person)
- Solomon — cosponsor (person)
- Sturla — cosponsor (person)
- Toohil — cosponsor (person)
- Vitali — cosponsor (person)
- Wheeland — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2288 Referred to INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3630 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
- **2020-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-04-29T04:00:00+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/a7782e41-cbbc-42b6-82e9-0ec0e01ef251`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).