republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/sb-554.md

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Bill	An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in human trafficking, further providing for definitions, providing for concurrent jurisdiction, repealing provisions relating to appropriate implementation for minor victims of human trafficking, providing for special relief to restore victim's dignity and autonomy and for safe harbor for sexually exploited children, establishing the Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Fund and imposing penalties; and, in juvenile matters, providing for dependency in lieu of delinquency.	An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in human trafficking, further providing for definitions, providing for concurrent jurisdiction, repealing provisions relating to appropriate implementation for minor victims of human trafficking, providing for special relief to restore victim's dignity and autonomy and for safe harbor for sexually exploited children, establishing the Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Fund and imposing penalties; and, in juvenile matters, providing for dependency in lieu of delinquency.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	SB 554	Pennsylvania SB 554 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Greenleaf	5	25	7	2017-03-24T04:00:00+00:00	2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/b99b88a7-7d75-46f7-ab28-3fa2b6f5f770	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=554	e9aab7e2065cfc5085695a63506a10ae71f2baa2d7c4af951a90ad8ed9e2f68c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 554 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in human trafficking, further providing for definitions, providing for concurrent jurisdiction, repealing provisions relating to appropriate implementation for minor victims of human trafficking, providing for special relief to restore victim's dignity and autonomy and for safe harbor for sexually exploited children, establishing the Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Fund and imposing penalties; and, in juvenile matters, providing for dependency in lieu of delinquency.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0594 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 0613 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 0740 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. 1823 (committee substitute) — source
5. Printer's No. 2054 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 187–0 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 554 PN 1823, 2017 A7390, MARSICO — 184–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Amended — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 18–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 25–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Greenleaf — primary (person)
• Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
• Blake — cosponsor (person)
• Boscola — cosponsor (person)
• Brewster — cosponsor (person)
• Brooks — cosponsor (person)
• Browne — cosponsor (person)
• Costa — cosponsor (person)
• Dinniman — cosponsor (person)
• Farnese — cosponsor (person)
• Fontana — cosponsor (person)
• Haywood — cosponsor (person)
• Hughes — cosponsor (person)
• Laughlin — cosponsor (person)
• Leach — cosponsor (person)
• Rafferty — cosponsor (person)
• Reschenthaler — cosponsor (person)
• Scavello — cosponsor (person)
• Street — cosponsor (person)
• Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)
• Yaw — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0594 Referred to JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2017-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0613 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2017-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-04-18T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-04-24T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0740 Amended on third consideration
• 2017-04-25T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2054 (Remarks see Senate Journal Page ....)
• 2017-04-26T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1823 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2054 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-10-09T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2018-10-18T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b99b88a7-7d75-46f7-ab28-3fa2b6f5f770. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).