---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in budget and finance, further providing for expenses; in facilities and supplies, further providing for deposits into account; and, in access to justice, providing for performance audit of account."
description: "An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in budget and finance, further providing for expenses; in facilities and supplies, further providing for deposits into account; and, in access to justice, providing for performance audit of account."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 331"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 331 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tim Briggs"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2025-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fced232c-afd9-453b-953e-c257665f1f2d"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=60&rollcallid=597&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "e70b2d788ad829fddb18314e9f35f70ee8c92cf9bc9481335bdad31047afd7e3"
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 HB 331 (2025-2026) — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in budget and finance, further providing for expenses; in facilities and supplies, further providing for deposits into account; and, in access to justice, providing for performance audit of account.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN0286** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB0331/PN0286)
2. **Printer's No. PN2718** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB0331/PN2718)
3. **Printer's No. PN2848** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB0331/PN2848)
4. **Printer's No. PN2859** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB0331/PN2859)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Judiciary): Reported as Amended — **12–2** (pass) · upper
- A2252 — **203–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Adopt Amendment — **9–5** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Report Bill As Committed — **14–12** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **147–52** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **35–2** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **187–11** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Rules): Re-report Bill As Committed — **33–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **46–2** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Adopt Amendment — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Amended — **17–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tim Briggs — primary (person)
- Ben Waxman — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Pielli — cosponsor (person)
- Danielle Friel Otten — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- G. Roni Green — cosponsor (person)
- Jared Solomon — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz — cosponsor (person)
- Jose Giral — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Fleming — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Kristine Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Donahue — cosponsor (person)
- Liz Hanbidge — cosponsor (person)
- Melissa Cerrato — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Perry Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Dougherty — cosponsor (person)
- Tarik Khan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2025-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2025-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2025-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Rules & Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 1 of 2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fced232c-afd9-453b-953e-c257665f1f2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).