HB 1436 — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions relating to civil actions and proceedings, further providing for comparative negligence.
Congress · introduced 2025-05-12
Latest action: — Referred to JUDICIARY, May 12, 2025
Sponsors
- Andrew Kuzma (R, PA-39) — sponsor · 2025-05-12
- Ed Neilson (D, PA-174) — cosponsor · 2025-05-12
- Eric Davanzo (R, PA-58) — cosponsor · 2025-05-12
- Jill N. Cooper (R, PA-55) — cosponsor · 2025-05-12
- Jamie L. Flick (R, PA-83) — cosponsor · 2025-05-12
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to JUDICIARY, May 12, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 1675 · 2,146 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 1675
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1436
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY KUZMA, NEILSON, DAVANZO, COOPER AND FLICK,
MAY 9, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 12, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions
3 relating to civil actions and proceedings, further providing
4 for comparative negligence.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 7102(a.1)(2) of Title 42 of the
8 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended and paragraph (3)
9 is amended by adding a subparagraph to read:
10 § 7102. Comparative negligence.
11 * * *
12 (a.1) Recovery against joint defendant; contribution.--
13 * * *
14 (2) Except as set forth in paragraph (3), if a plaintiff
15 is found to be comparatively negligent, a defendant's
16 liability shall be several and not joint, and the court shall
17 enter a separate and several judgment in favor of the
18 plaintiff and against each defendant for the apportioned
19 amount of that defendant's liability.
1 (3) A defendant's liability in any of the following
2 actions shall be joint and several, and the court shall enter
3 a joint and several judgment in favor of the plaintiff and
4 against the defendant for the total dollar amount awarded as
5 damages:
6 * * *
7 (vi) Where the defendant has been held liable for
8 some portion of the total liability apportioned to all
9 parties and the plaintiff is not found to be
10 comparatively negligent.
11 * * *
12 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Kuzma (R, state_lower PA-39) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Ed Neilson (D, state_lower PA-174) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Eric Davanzo (R, state_lower PA-58) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Jamie L. Flick (R, state_lower PA-83) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Jill N. Cooper (R, state_lower PA-55) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee · pa-leg