republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-159.md

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Bill	An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in juvenile matters, further providing for definitions, for summary offenses and for adjudication.	An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in juvenile matters, further providing for definitions, for summary offenses and for adjudication.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	HB 159	Pennsylvania HB 159 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Nesbit	2	21	4	2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00	2018-06-28T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7edc8bc8-c358-424f-8956-57e062c45986	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=159	c91c3e7663cfd566efdc60b91c72fa110832541893f73465be4d76ea7a546d05	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 159 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in juvenile matters, further providing for definitions, for summary offenses and for adjudication.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0123 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 3607 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 200–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Amended — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 159 PN 3607, CONCUR — 192–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Nesbit — primary (person)
• A. Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Barbin — cosponsor (person)
• Benninghoff — cosponsor (person)
• D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
• Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Gabler — cosponsor (person)
• Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
• Kortz — cosponsor (person)
• Marsico — cosponsor (person)
• Miccarelli — cosponsor (person)
• Rader — cosponsor (person)
• Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
• Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Watson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0123 Referred to JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2017-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2017-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2017-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2017-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00 PN 3607 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2018-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2018-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7edc8bc8-c358-424f-8956-57e062c45986. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).