---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in juvenile matters, providing for concurrent jurisdiction on military installations."
description: "An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in juvenile matters, providing for concurrent jurisdiction on military installations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 491"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 491 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Pielli"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a544c274-547f-4bd7-b158-63d37c6ce8bf"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=60&rollcallid=91&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "d201b9d1b955beebd09463b2a34ce5235c27bbd98f21203af6a01cd86f7914de"
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 491 (2025-2026) — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in juvenile matters, providing for concurrent jurisdiction on military installations.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN0480** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB0491/PN0480)
2. **Printer's No. PN1294** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB0491/PN1294)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Reported as Committed — **11–3** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **203–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Report Bill As Committed — **26–0** (pass) · lower
- A289 — **203–0** (pass) · lower
- MOTION TO SUSPEND RULES — **203–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Pielli — primary (person)
- Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Danielle Friel Otten — cosponsor (person)
- Danilo Burgos — cosponsor (person)
- G. Roni Green — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Jose Giral — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Kristine Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Liz Hanbidge — cosponsor (person)
- Melissa Cerrato — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Guenst — cosponsor (person)
- Tarik Khan — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Briggs — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2025-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2025-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2025-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 6 of 2025

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a544c274-547f-4bd7-b158-63d37c6ce8bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).