---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for victim and witness outreach; and, in post-trial matters, further providing for eligibility for relief and for jurisdiction and proceedings."
description: "An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for victim and witness outreach; and, in post-trial matters, further providing for eligibility for relief and for jurisdiction and proceedings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 915"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 915 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greenleaf"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e5a8cbe-7efe-4c33-9341-8ba66b3203fd"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=915"
source_hash: "f2e434eb28dc8fa3396f3196d3a99bdec83a8b30f208a2cdcc3e23bab312db58"
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 915 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for victim and witness outreach; and, in post-trial matters, further providing for eligibility for relief and for jurisdiction and proceedings.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 1534** (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=0915&pn=1534)
2. **Printer's No. 2085** (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=0915&pn=2085)

## Votes

- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **190–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Greenleaf — primary (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Browne — cosponsor (person)
- Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Fontana — cosponsor (person)
- Haywood — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Reschenthaler — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1534 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2085 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-10-11T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-10-18T04:00:00+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/8e5a8cbe-7efe-4c33-9341-8ba66b3203fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).