---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in riot, disorderly conduct and related offenses, further providing for definitions; and, in employees, further providing for canine training standards for police officers."
description: "An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in riot, disorderly conduct and related offenses, further providing for definitions; and, in employees, further providing for canine training standards for police officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1344"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1344 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Armanini"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-04-30T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-06-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f362e24a-9e2d-4f2f-b3be-9d653e45bc07"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=60&rollcallid=600&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "fdac84b2a42a4e3aa07ae09868acf0fe98d0f5b12774deeb8095000771777e22"
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 HB 1344 (2025-2026) — An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in riot, disorderly conduct and related offenses, further providing for definitions; and, in employees, further providing for canine training standards for police officers.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN1533** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB1344/PN1533)
2. **Printer's No. PN2885** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB1344/PN2885)
3. **Printer's No. PN3058** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB1344/PN3058)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **199–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Adopt Amendment — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Amended — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- A858 — **196–2** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Report Bill As Committed — **26–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Armanini — primary (person)
- Brian Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Donna Scheuren — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Shaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Rigby — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Milou Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Mindy Fee — cosponsor (person)
- Natalie Mihalek — cosponsor (person)
- R. Lee James — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Mentzer — cosponsor (person)
- Valerie Gaydos — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Amended in House Committee on Appropriations
- **2026-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2026-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2026-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2026-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2026-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2026-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2026-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2026-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 18 of 2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f362e24a-9e2d-4f2f-b3be-9d653e45bc07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).