---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in criminal history record information, further providing for juvenile records; and, in juvenile matters, further providing for powers and duties of probation officers, for informal adjustment, for consent decree, for adjudication, for disposition of delinquent child and for powers and duties."
description: "An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in criminal history record information, further providing for juvenile records; and, in juvenile matters, further providing for powers and duties of probation officers, for informal adjustment, for consent decree, for adjudication, for disposition of delinquent child and for powers and duties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 170"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 170 (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/f195344a-47b7-4219-97e9-4c15a29c0ebe"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=60&rollcallid=2460&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "f5e2855d234087e1e7d4f8b8b019636eb3db51c5f1ab1a3ab8add9a898a68fc5"
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 170 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in criminal history record information, further providing for juvenile records; and, in juvenile matters, further providing for powers and duties of probation officers, for informal adjustment, for consent decree, for adjudication, for disposition of delinquent child and for powers and duties.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN0160** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0170/PN0160)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Judiciary): Reported as Committed — **13–1** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Report Bill As Committed — **24–1** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **22–1** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **194–7** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **47–2** (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)
- Katie Muth — 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. 108 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f195344a-47b7-4219-97e9-4c15a29c0ebe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).