---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the offense of neglect of care-dependent person and providing for the offense of abuse of care-dependent person."
description: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the offense of neglect of care-dependent person and providing for the offense of abuse of care-dependent person."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1124"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1124 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cox"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-05-05T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78f49e1c-2cbd-4be8-901e-bd640c8edf22"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1124"
source_hash: "4cacf5a16593b9818c92e7f4c5d5e4bd25c668988141ce5d98a4c11ecef1773d"
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 1124 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the offense of neglect of care-dependent person and providing for the offense of abuse of care-dependent person.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Printer's No. 1648** (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=1124&pn=1648)
2. **Printer's No. 2809** (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=1124&pn=2809)
3. **Printer's No. 3730** (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=1124&pn=3730)

## Votes

- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **192–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Amended — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1124 PN 1648, 2017 A3582, STEPHENS — **188–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1124 PN 3730, CONCUR — **193–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cox — primary (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Bizzarro — cosponsor (person)
- Boback — cosponsor (person)
- C. Quinn — cosponsor (person)
- D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Davidson — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
- Everett — cosponsor (person)
- Farry — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Godshall — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Milne — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
- Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
- Santora — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1648 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-11-27T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-11-27T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-12-04T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2809 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-01-02T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3730 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+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/78f49e1c-2cbd-4be8-901e-bd640c8edf22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).