---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 9 (Burial Grounds) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in regulation of cemetery companies, further providing for initial deposits by newly-organized cemetery companies and for registration and filing affidavit of compliance."
description: "An Act amending Title 9 (Burial Grounds) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in regulation of cemetery companies, further providing for initial deposits by newly-organized cemetery companies and for registration and filing affidavit of compliance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 887"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 887 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott Hutchinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-08-23T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dad45f12-2505-4be4-8299-e529643e8628"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=30&rollcallid=1791&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "a8a44968726571618acb6c2684b4bbee3d0ca6f3cca2dd7a3ba7cb663e366a08"
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 887 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 9 (Burial Grounds) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in regulation of cemetery companies, further providing for initial deposits by newly-organized cemetery companies and for registration and filing affidavit of compliance.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN1053** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0887/PN1053)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Local Government): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Local Government): Report Bill As Committed — **25–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scott Hutchinson — primary (person)
- Carolyn Comitta — cosponsor (person)
- Cris Dush — cosponsor (person)
- Rosemary Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Santarsiero — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Kearney — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-08-23T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2024-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2024-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 34 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dad45f12-2505-4be4-8299-e529643e8628`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).