---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of November 24, 1998 (P.L.882, No.111), known as the Crime Victims Act, in administration, further providing for committee."
description: "An Act amending the act of November 24, 1998 (P.L.882, No.111), known as the Crime Victims Act, in administration, further providing for committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 260"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 260 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ward"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-10-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02260b64-d99f-41d1-a770-58a98cdf80ad"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=260"
source_hash: "09cb874fbc520db5f4a46511e39e4bbf1ceab6007eb9ab068860ceb5f4aaca34"
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 260 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of November 24, 1998 (P.L.882, No.111), known as the Crime Victims Act, in administration, further providing for committee.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0240** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0260&pn=0240)
2. **Printer's No. 1220** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0260&pn=1220)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **175–13** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ward — primary (person)
- Brewster — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Browne — cosponsor (person)
- Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Farnese — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Rafferty — cosponsor (person)
- Reschenthaler — cosponsor (person)
- Sabatina — cosponsor (person)
- Stefano — cosponsor (person)
- Vulakovich — cosponsor (person)
- Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0240 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1220 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2017-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2017-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2017-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-30T04:00:00+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/02260b64-d99f-41d1-a770-58a98cdf80ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).