HB 1972 Pennsylvania House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

An Act amending the act of December 20, 1983 (P.L.260, No.72), referred to as the Public Adjuster Licensing Law, further providing for definitions, for license, for written disclosure of financial interest and for bond; providing for fees, for requirements and prohibitions and for separate pre-contract disclosure; and further providing for contract and for revocation, etc., of license.

HB 1972 amends Pennsylvania's Public Adjuster Licensing Law (1983) to update requirements for public adjusters who represent insurance policyholders in claim disputes. It adds new provisions requiring adjusters to provide written financial interest disclosures to clients and make separate pre-contract disclosures about their services and fees. The bill also clarifies definitions, adjusts licensing fees, and specifies bond requirements for adjusters seeking or maintaining their license. These changes directly affect licensed public adjusters and the policyholders they serve in Pennsylvania.
Bill status passed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2025
Committee Review
Jul 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Jul 2026
Governor
Introduced Oct 20, 2025 Last action Jul 10, 2026
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MODERATE
This bill update clarifies definitions of 'catastrophic events' to include specific economic and infrastructure failures, removes the ability for public adjusters to profit from property repair businesses, and tightens rules on when contracts can be cancelled. It also adds new requirements for disclosure documents and restricts how adjusters can be paid to prevent financial conflicts of interest.
Scope change
The bill's scope of prohibited activities for public adjusters was expanded to explicitly ban profits from salvage, repair, and demolition businesses, while the scope of 'catastrophic events' was broadened to include systemic economic disruptions.
DEFINITION

The definition of 'catastrophic event' was expanded to include severe economic disruption and impairment of government/private sector capacity, beyond just physical disasters.

The definition of 'insurance claim settlement' was updated to explicitly exclude settlements arising from catastrophic events.

ELIGIBILITY

Public adjusters are now strictly prohibited from receiving any profit from salvage, repair, replacement, restoration, renovation, or demolition businesses.

REQUIREMENT

New requirements mandate that public adjusters provide a separate pre-contract disclosure document explaining the claim process and fee structures.

Contract rescission (cancellation) timelines were standardized and clarified, with specific windows for catastrophic claims versus standard insurance claims.

New rules prohibit public adjuster contracts from allowing fees to be collected before insurance payments are made or from withholding fees from additional living expense payments.

A new provision allows public adjusters to be named as co-payees on insurance checks only if specific conditions regarding compensation percentages and expense reimbursement are met.

Floor votes · Senate Jul 10, 2026 · House Feb 2, 2026

How they voted

220
Passed
Total votes 22
Jul 10, 2026
D Democratic8
8 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican14
14 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
17
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Amendments
1
Jul 10, 2026
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (22-0)
senate
Jul 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Re-reported as committed
upper
Jun 25, 2026
Committee
Re-referred to Appropriations
upper
Jun 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported as amended
upper
Feb 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Banking & Insurance
upper
Feb 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
lower
Feb 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
Feb 2, 2026
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (197-1)
house
Feb 2, 2026
Committee
Re-committed to Appropriations
lower
Oct 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported as committed
lower
Oct 20, 2025
Committee
Referred to Insurance
lower
1 primary · 10 co-sponsors

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