---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of February 18, 1998 (P.L.146, No.22), known as the Check Casher Licensing Act, amending the title of the act; in general provisions, further providing for authority of the Department of Banking and Securities; in licensing provisions, further providing for license terms and fees; in enforcement, further providing for suspension and revocation of license and civil penalties, for change of status, for restrictions on business of licensee and for civil penalty; and, in miscellaneous provisions, further providing for applicability and repealing provisions relating to report to General Assembly."
description: "An Act amending the act of February 18, 1998 (P.L.146, No.22), known as the Check Casher Licensing Act, amending the title of the act; in general provisions, further providing for authority of the Department of Banking and Securities; in licensing provisions, further providing for license terms and fees; in enforcement, further providing for suspension and revocation of license and civil penalties, for change of status, for restrictions on business of licensee and for civil penalty; and, in miscellaneous provisions, further providing for applicability and repealing provisions relating to report to General Assembly."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2453"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 2453 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-06-04T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69f23d3c-c30c-4ea6-b644-584fad95233d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=2453"
source_hash: "c85c79ad37c48015da0c76113982c92dc1baf1a4bc5090342913bb240f1676e6"
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 2453 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of February 18, 1998 (P.L.146, No.22), known as the Check Casher Licensing Act, amending the title of the act; in general provisions, further providing for authority of the Department of Banking and Securities; in licensing provisions, further providing for license terms and fees; in enforcement, further providing for suspension and revocation of license and civil penalties, for change of status, for restrictions on business of licensee and for civil penalty; and, in miscellaneous provisions, further providing for applicability and repealing provisions relating to report to General Assembly.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 3590** (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=2453&pn=3590)

## Votes

- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (BANKING AND INSURANCE): Reported as Committed — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **196–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ellis — primary (person)
- A. Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Youngblood — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3590 Referred to COMMERCE `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to BANKING AND INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-10-24T04:00:00+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/69f23d3c-c30c-4ea6-b644-584fad95233d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).