---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in theft and related offenses, further providing for the offense of theft of mail."
description: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in theft and related offenses, further providing for the offense of theft of mail."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 527"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 527 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frank Farry"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2f34c51-8691-47c3-9b5a-d88c2d3a2433"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=60&rollcallid=1165&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "55974657f0888e1845ad529b54516652c14dbeef7fe7787dba94e15afd23a248"
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 527 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in theft and related offenses, further providing for the offense of theft of mail.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A03220** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A03220)
2. **House Amendment A03330** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A03330)
3. **Printer's No. PN0504** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0527/PN0504)
4. **Printer's No. PN0844** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0527/PN0844)
5. **Printer's No. PN1265** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0527/PN1265)
6. **Printer's No. PN1281** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0527/PN1281)
7. **Printer's No. PN1288** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0527/PN1288)
8. **Senate Amendment A00790** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A00790)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Appropriations): Adopt Amendment — **22–15** (pass) · lower
- A3220 — **197–6** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Adopt Amendment — **14–11** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Adopt Amendment — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **44–6** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **181–22** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **45–5** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Reported as Amended — **12–1** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Amended — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Report Bill As Amended — **14–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frank Farry — primary (person)
- Daniel Laughlin — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne Langerholc — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-12-10T05:00:00+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`
- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as amended `amendment-passage, 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. 41 of 2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2f34c51-8691-47c3-9b5a-d88c2d3a2433`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).