---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of December 7, 1982 (P.L.784, No.225), known as the Dog Law, in short title and definitions, further providing for"
description: "An Act amending the act of December 7, 1982 (P.L.784, No.225), known as the Dog Law, in short title and definitions, further providing for"
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 82"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 82 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kristin Phillips-Hill"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2023-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-07-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4aba0310-e9b3-48eb-8990-e9686dee29fb"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=2&rollcallid=2184&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "ee960c8c781f6df99c3469734d30868c72a2727f47f6caba3888ebe45c3581f2"
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 82 (2023-2024) — An Act amending the act of December 7, 1982 (P.L.784, No.225), known as the Dog Law, in short title and definitions, further providing for

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A05275** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A05275)
2. **House Amendment A05313** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A05313)
3. **House Amendment A05335** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A05335)
4. **Printer's No. PN0032** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0082/PN0032)
5. **Printer's No. PN1768** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0082/PN1768)
6. **Printer's No. PN1798** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0082/PN1798)
7. **Senate Amendment A05073** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A05073)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Agriculture & Rural Affairs): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- A5275 — **202–0** (pass) · lower
- A5313 — **100–102** (fail) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- A5335 — **202–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Agriculture & Rural Affairs): Report Bill As Committed — **25–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kristin Phillips-Hill — primary (person)
- Camera Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
- Devlin Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Judith Schwank — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Martin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Agriculture & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Agriculture & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-07-02T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-07-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-07-03T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2024-07-03T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-07-03T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2024-07-03T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-07-03T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-07-03T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 47 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4aba0310-e9b3-48eb-8990-e9686dee29fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).