republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/sb-897.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 authorized disposition of offenders, further providing for restitution for injuries to person or property; and, in sentencing, further providing for victim impact statements.	An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in authorized disposition of offenders, further providing for restitution for injuries to person or property; and, in sentencing, further providing for victim impact statements.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	SB 897	Pennsylvania SB 897 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Stefano	3	22	5	2017-09-25T04:00:00+00:00	2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7f449b09-224c-486d-a87f-f57fab5a5e07	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=897	c49ea5fbb80fc57b33c5b577219308363ea920ce8e91906ed6b42da608702ed5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 897 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in authorized disposition of offenders, further providing for restitution for injuries to person or property; and, in sentencing, further providing for victim impact statements.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 1199 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 1760 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 2084 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 191–0 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 18–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Stefano — primary (person)
• Aument — cosponsor (person)
• Boscola — cosponsor (person)
• Browne — cosponsor (person)
• Eichelberger — cosponsor (person)
• Folmer — cosponsor (person)
• Martin — cosponsor (person)
• Mensch — cosponsor (person)
• Rafferty — cosponsor (person)
• Wagner — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-09-25T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1199 Referred to JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2018-04-24T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-04-24T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2018-04-25T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2018-05-21T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1760 Amended on third consideration
• 2018-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2018-10-09T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2084 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-10-09T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2018-10-09T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2018-10-11T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-10-16T04:00:00+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/7f449b09-224c-486d-a87f-f57fab5a5e07. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).