---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in proprietary and official rights, further providing for wearing of uniforms and insignia."
description: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in proprietary and official rights, further providing for wearing of uniforms and insignia."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 168"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 168 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saccone"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/721804c6-f194-4cd6-aac4-190dab21d47a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=168"
source_hash: "124b6e12e6d06baa4e2c4b9878198d16668a01cb56c4f325e548bfab25fd51de"
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 168 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in proprietary and official rights, further providing for wearing of uniforms and insignia.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0132** (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=0168&pn=0132)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **190–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Saccone — primary (person)
- A. Harris — cosponsor (person)
- B. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Barbin — cosponsor (person)
- Benninghoff — cosponsor (person)
- Bizzarro — cosponsor (person)
- Cox — cosponsor (person)
- D. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Donatucci — cosponsor (person)
- Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
- English — cosponsor (person)
- Farry — cosponsor (person)
- Gabler — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Grove — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Ortitay — cosponsor (person)
- Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- R. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Sainato — cosponsor (person)
- Solomon — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0132 Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported with request to re-refer to JUDICIARY `committee-passage, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-27T04:00:00+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/721804c6-f194-4cd6-aac4-190dab21d47a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).