---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 2 (Administrative Law and Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in practice and procedure, providing for child victims and witnesses."
description: "An Act amending Title 2 (Administrative Law and Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in practice and procedure, providing for child victims and witnesses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 1018"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 1018 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timothy Kearney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd6f5e3b-92bb-4e87-ac21-936595ac52c9"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=60&rollcallid=1620&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "7c0da180ed975e0231525b87360d10f105f3680809b6d74750b71ebf430cb2cd"
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 1018 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 2 (Administrative Law and Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in practice and procedure, providing for child victims and witnesses.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN1275** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB1018/PN1275)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **133–69** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Aging & Youth): Reported as Committed — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Report Bill As Committed — **14–11** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **22–15** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Timothy Kearney — primary (person)
- Art Haywood — cosponsor (person)
- Carolyn Comitta — cosponsor (person)
- Christine Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)
- James Brewster — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Dillon — cosponsor (person)
- John Kane — cosponsor (person)
- Katie Muth — cosponsor (person)
- Lynda Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne Fontana — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Aging & Youth `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2024-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 23 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd6f5e3b-92bb-4e87-ac21-936595ac52c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).