---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in theft and related offenses, further providing for the offense of organized retail theft; and establishing the Office of Deputy Attorney General for Organized Retail Crime Theft."
description: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in theft and related offenses, further providing for the offense of organized retail theft; and establishing the Office of Deputy Attorney General for Organized Retail Crime Theft."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 596"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 596 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Argall"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2023-04-17T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fdfe4fd-da21-4ee5-85ff-f1420727cde0"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=60&rollcallid=1167&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "525f4912e6ae7084fc037abac88deac9a98ce03e041181585a2c4f5c87875198"
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 596 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in theft and related offenses, further providing for the offense of organized retail theft; and establishing the Office of Deputy Attorney General for Organized Retail Crime Theft.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A03215** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A03215)
2. **House Amendment A03221** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A03221)
3. **Printer's No. PN0595** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0596/PN0595)
4. **Printer's No. PN1146** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0596/PN1146)
5. **Printer's No. PN1232** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0596/PN1232)
6. **Printer's No. PN1266** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0596/PN1266)
7. **Printer's No. PN1284** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0596/PN1284)
8. **Senate Amendment A02198** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A02198)
9. **Senate Amendment A02983** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A02983)

## Votes

- A3221 — **140–63** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Report Bill As Amended — **14–11** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Adopt Amendment — **10–4** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Reported as Amended — **9–5** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **179–24** (pass) · lower
- SANTARSIERO AMENDMENT NO. A-2983 — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **18–6** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Committed — **15–2** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Adopt Amendment — **14–11** (pass) · lower
- A3215 — **192–11** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **45–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Argall — primary (person)
- Camera Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Farry — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Regan — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Stefano — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Aument — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Amended on third consideration `amendment-passage`
- **2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 42 of 2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6fdfe4fd-da21-4ee5-85ff-f1420727cde0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).