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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in forgery and fraudulent practices, providing for the offense of possession and use of unlawful devices."
+description: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in forgery and fraudulent practices, providing for the offense of possession and use of unlawful devices."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 1918"
+citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1918 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Phillips-Hill"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-11-15T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2018-06-28T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a2df3aa-22e6-4b42-a38d-34db24639a1f"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1918"
+source_hash: "18927664791c042b94e9bfdc9a516a1308ff273ea6c9ef60d991fa54dab68e58"
+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 1918 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in forgery and fraudulent practices, providing for the offense of possession and use of unlawful devices.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Printer's No. 2709** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1918&pn=2709)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **187–0** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Phillips-Hill — primary (person)
+- B. Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- B. O'Neill — cosponsor (person)
+- Barbin — cosponsor (person)
+- Barrar — cosponsor (person)
+- Boback — cosponsor (person)
+- Charlton — cosponsor (person)
+- Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
+- Dush — cosponsor (person)
+- Fee — cosponsor (person)
+- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
+- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
+- Grove — cosponsor (person)
+- Harkins — cosponsor (person)
+- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
+- Keefer — cosponsor (person)
+- Klunk — cosponsor (person)
+- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Quinn — cosponsor (person)
+- Marsico — cosponsor (person)
+- Millard — cosponsor (person)
+- Moul — cosponsor (person)
+- Ortitay — cosponsor (person)
+- Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
+- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
+- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
+- Santora — cosponsor (person)
+- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephens — cosponsor (person)
+- Tallman — cosponsor (person)
+- Ward — cosponsor (person)
+- Watson — cosponsor (person)
+- Wheeland — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2709 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2017-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2017-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2017-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2017-12-04T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2017-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2017-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2017-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2017-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-06-28T04:00:00+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/6a2df3aa-22e6-4b42-a38d-34db24639a1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+