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.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2017
Committee Review
Jun 2018
House Passage
Jun 2018
Senate Passage
Jun 2018
Signed into Law
Jun 2018
Introduced Jun 30, 2017
Signed Jun 28, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
8
Committee
8
Amendments
1
Jun 28, 2018
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor
lower
Jun 22, 2018
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Senate amendments
lower
Jun 22, 2018
Lower · Passed
Re-reported on concurrence, as committed
lower
Jun 22, 2018
Committee
Referred to RULES
lower
Jun 21, 2018
Upper · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
upper
Jun 20, 2018
Introduced
PN 3783 Amended on third consideration
upper
Jun 5, 2018
Upper · Passed
Reported as committed
upper
Dec 8, 2017
Committee
Referred to JUDICIARY
upper
Dec 6, 2017
Lower · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
lower
Dec 6, 2017
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
Dec 5, 2017
Committee
Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS
lower
Nov 21, 2017
Lower · Passed
Reported as committed
lower
Jun 30, 2017
Committee
PN 2199 Referred to JUDICIARY
lower
1 primary · 21 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Kate Klunk
RRepublican
Co
Barry Jozwiak
RRepublican
Co
Bryan Barbin
DDemocratic
Co
Bryan Cutler
RRepublican
Co
Dave Zimmerman
RRepublican
Co
David R. Millard
RRepublican
Co
Duane D. Milne
RRepublican
Co
Gerald J. Mullery
DDemocratic
Co
Jeff C. Wheeland
RRepublican
Co
Jerry Knowles
RRepublican
Co
John Maher
RRepublican
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