---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in organization and jurisdiction of courts of common pleas, further providing for courts of common pleas."
description: "An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in organization and jurisdiction of courts of common pleas, further providing for courts of common pleas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 361"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 361 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judy Ward"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2023-02-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af152c33-b083-4b83-8ef6-1b582e47537d"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=60&rollcallid=1061&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "ed838c65b098e9f07d59ad590a5273ab4a8a30313fb0f199da1b40e372f263c7"
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 361 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in organization and jurisdiction of courts of common pleas, further providing for courts of common pleas.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A02809** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A02809)
2. **House Amendment A03124** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A03124)
3. **House Amendment A03257** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A03257)
4. **Printer's No. PN0287** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0361/PN0287)
5. **Printer's No. PN0635** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0361/PN0635)
6. **Printer's No. PN1203** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0361/PN1203)
7. **Printer's No. PN1283** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0361/PN1283)
8. **Senate Amendment A00291** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A00291)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **168–35** (pass) · lower
- A3257 — **118–85** (pass) · lower
- A3124 — **203–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Report Bill As Amended — **20–5** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Adopt Amendment — **17–8** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Reported as Amended — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Adopt Amendment — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- MOTION TO AGREE TO THE BILL ON SECOND CONSIDERATION — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Judy Ward — primary (person)
- Carolyn Comitta — cosponsor (person)
- Lynda Schlegel Culver — 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`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-10-31T04:00:00+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. 58 of 2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af152c33-b083-4b83-8ef6-1b582e47537d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).