---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of November 30, 2004 (P.L.1556, No.197), known as the Child Internet Protection Act, further providing for title and for definitions; and making editorial changes."
description: "An Act amending the act of November 30, 2004 (P.L.1556, No.197), known as the Child Internet Protection Act, further providing for title and for definitions; and making editorial changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 187"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 187 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judy Ward"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-07-20T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5bfbb28-03d6-4aa3-9886-b3af1f95b57f"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=60&rollcallid=2157&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "de18935bf9ab935d45fdcb7018be44c17f4a7f0158808047089e6369fba9ca02"
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 187 (2023-2024) — An Act amending the act of November 30, 2004 (P.L.1556, No.197), known as the Child Internet Protection Act, further providing for title and for definitions; and making editorial changes.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN0273** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0187/PN0273)

## Votes

- 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 — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judy Ward — primary (person)
- Carolyn Comitta — cosponsor (person)
- Christine Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)
- Cris Dush — cosponsor (person)
- Devlin Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Mastriano — cosponsor (person)
- Judith Schwank — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Maria Collett — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Stefano — cosponsor (person)
- Rosemary Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Santarsiero — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2024-07-02T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-07-02T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-07-03T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-07-03T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-07-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-07-09T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-20T04:00:00+00:00** Became Law without Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2024-07-20T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 92 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5bfbb28-03d6-4aa3-9886-b3af1f95b57f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).