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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending Title 2 (Administrative Law and Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in practice and procedure, providing for child victims and witnesses."
+description: "An Act amending Title 2 (Administrative Law and Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in practice and procedure, providing for child victims and witnesses."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "SB 1018"
+citation: "Pennsylvania SB 1018 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Timothy Kearney"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2024-06-10T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd6f5e3b-92bb-4e87-ac21-936595ac52c9"
+source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=60&rollcallid=1620&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
+source_hash: "7c0da180ed975e0231525b87360d10f105f3680809b6d74750b71ebf430cb2cd"
+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 SB 1018 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 2 (Administrative Law and Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in practice and procedure, providing for child victims and witnesses.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Printer's No. PN1275** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB1018/PN1275)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **133–69** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (Aging & Youth): Reported as Committed — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (Judiciary): Report Bill As Committed — **14–11** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **22–15** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Timothy Kearney — primary (person)
+- Art Haywood — cosponsor (person)
+- Carolyn Comitta — cosponsor (person)
+- Christine Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)
+- James Brewster — cosponsor (person)
+- Jay Costa — cosponsor (person)
+- Jimmy Dillon — cosponsor (person)
+- John Kane — cosponsor (person)
+- Katie Muth — cosponsor (person)
+- Lynda Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
+- Wayne Fontana — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Aging & Youth `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2024-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2024-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2024-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2024-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2024-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2024-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2024-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 23 of 2024
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd6f5e3b-92bb-4e87-ac21-936595ac52c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+