---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 74 (Transportation) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in metropolitan transportation authorities, providing for special prosecutor for mass transit."
description: "An Act amending Title 74 (Transportation) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in metropolitan transportation authorities, providing for special prosecutor for mass transit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 140"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 140 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wayne Langerholc"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-04-24T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23916109-7a0f-42bc-8b3f-542dffc6372a"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=60&rollcallid=1188&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "cf339ea03b0454a843a30791e30d56801c06cce2183821d9f9b62755ad50a9e8"
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 140 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 74 (Transportation) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in metropolitan transportation authorities, providing for special prosecutor for mass transit.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN0630** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0140/PN0630)
2. **Printer's No. PN0654** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0140/PN0654)
3. **Printer's No. PN0684** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0140/PN0684)
4. **Senate Amendment A00346** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A00346)
5. **Senate Amendment A00399** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A00399)
6. **Senate Amendment A00426** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A00426)
7. **Senate Amendment A00441** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A00441)

## Votes

- HAYWOOD AMENDMENT NO. A-0426 — **21–29** (fail) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **159–44** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **15–9** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Report Bill As Committed — **14–11** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Transportation): Reported as Amended — **8–5** (pass) · upper
- LANGERHOLC AMENDMENT NO. A-0399 — **30–20** (pass) · upper
- MOTION TO TABLE HUGHES AMENDMENT A-0441 — **28–22** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **29–21** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Transportation): Adopt Amendment — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wayne Langerholc — primary (person)
- Cris Dush — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Laughlin — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Mastriano — cosponsor (person)
- Elder Vogel — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Farry — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Jarrett Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Regan — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Aument — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Pennycuick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+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 `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** 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. 40 of 2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23916109-7a0f-42bc-8b3f-542dffc6372a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).