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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act providing for consumer prescription drug pricing disclosure and pharmacy freedom to communicate."
description: "An Act providing for consumer prescription drug pricing disclosure and pharmacy freedom to communicate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 943"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 943 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gaydos"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-04-29T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72051890-502d-4e54-858e-e6c56ac630c4"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=943"
source_hash: "289e9d87cce583f0aa7eb3a1db23c4e276fec786d2e6530a3cf306f2885aba6f"
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 943 (2019-2020) — An Act providing for consumer prescription drug pricing disclosure and pharmacy freedom to communicate.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **House Amendment A01815** (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=0943&pn=1587&aYear=2019&an=01815)
2. **Printer's No. 1587** (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=0943&pn=1587)
3. **Printer's No. 2089** (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=0943&pn=2089)
4. **Printer's No. 3655** (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=0943&pn=3655)
5. **Printer's No. 4053** (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=0943&pn=4053)
6. **Senate Amendment A05261** (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=0943&pn=2089&aYear=2019&an=05261)
7. **Senate Amendment A06471** (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=0943&pn=3655&aYear=2019&an=06471)
## Votes
- FINAL PASSAGE — **197–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 943 PN 4053, CONCUR — **201–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Gaydos — primary (person)
- B. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Barrar — cosponsor (person)
- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
- Deasy — cosponsor (person)
- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
- Dush — cosponsor (person)
- Everett — cosponsor (person)
- Gabler — cosponsor (person)
- Gleim — cosponsor (person)
- Greiner — cosponsor (person)
- Harkins — cosponsor (person)
- Heffley — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Isaacson — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Keefer — cosponsor (person)
- Klunk — cosponsor (person)
- Knowles — cosponsor (person)
- Longietti — cosponsor (person)
- Masser — cosponsor (person)
- Matzie — cosponsor (person)
- Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Mizgorski — cosponsor (person)
- Moul — cosponsor (person)
- Mullins — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Owlett — cosponsor (person)
- Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- Quinn — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Rigby — cosponsor (person)
- Sainato — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Schmitt — cosponsor (person)
- Schweyer — cosponsor (person)
- Sims — cosponsor (person)
- Solomon — cosponsor (person)
- Struzzi — cosponsor (person)
- Sturla — cosponsor (person)
- T. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Toepel — cosponsor (person)
- Toohil — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Wentling — cosponsor (person)
- Wheeland — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1587 Referred to HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2089 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-09-17T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-11-22T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-28T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3655 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-04-28T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** PN 4053 Amended on third consideration
- **2020-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2020-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-07-13T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-07-13T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-23T04:00:00+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/72051890-502d-4e54-858e-e6c56ac630c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).