---
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).