---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in juvenile matters, further providing for limitation on and change in place of commitment; and making editorial changes."
description: "An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in juvenile matters, further providing for limitation on and change in place of commitment; and making editorial changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 169"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 169 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lisa Baker"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-30T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-10-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24761082-af3d-4938-aa01-0c1ed783b3cd"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=60&rollcallid=2459&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "2956067178aa5e9be27dc335f0debc0977ef16ef38a997261b2bc209353fa29c"
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 169 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in juvenile matters, further providing for limitation on and change in place of commitment; and making editorial changes.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN0159** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0169/PN0159)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Report Bill As Committed — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lisa Baker — primary (person)
- Amanda Cappelletti — cosponsor (person)
- Art Haywood — cosponsor (person)
- Carolyn Comitta — cosponsor (person)
- Christine Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Laughlin — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Dillon — cosponsor (person)
- John Kane — cosponsor (person)
- Judith Schwank — cosponsor (person)
- Maria Collett — cosponsor (person)
- Sharif Street — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Santarsiero — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Kearney — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-09-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-09-16T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-09-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2024-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-10-10T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 107 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24761082-af3d-4938-aa01-0c1ed783b3cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).