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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act amending Titles 3 (Agriculture), 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 22 (Detectives and Private Police), 34 (Game) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in race horse industry reform, further providing for licenses for horse race meetings and for occupational licenses for individuals; in riot, disorderly conduct and related offenses, repealing provisions relating to offense of cruelty to animals, live animals as prizes prohibited, police animals and assault with a biological agent on animal, fowl or honey bees and providing for offenses relating to cruelty to animals; in humane society police officers, further providing for definitions, for appointment by nonprofit corporations, for qualifications for appointment, for suspension, revocation, limitation and restriction of appointment and restoration of appointment, for powers and authority and jurisdiction, for search warrants and for costs; in hunting and furtaking, further providing for destruction of dogs declared public nuisances; in budget and finance, further providing for municipal corporation portion of fines, etc; and making editorial changes."
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description: "An Act amending Titles 3 (Agriculture), 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 22 (Detectives and Private Police), 34 (Game) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in race horse industry reform, further providing for licenses for horse race meetings and for occupational licenses for individuals; in riot, disorderly conduct and related offenses, repealing provisions relating to offense of cruelty to animals, live animals as prizes prohibited, police animals and assault with a biological agent on animal, fowl or honey bees and providing for offenses relating to cruelty to animals; in humane society police officers, further providing for definitions, for appointment by nonprofit corporations, for qualifications for appointment, for suspension, revocation, limitation and restriction of appointment and restoration of appointment, for powers and authority and jurisdiction, for search warrants and for costs; in hunting and furtaking, further providing for destruction of dogs declared public nuisances; in budget and finance, further providing for municipal corporation portion of fines, etc; and making editorial changes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
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legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
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session: "2017-2018"
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identifier: "HB 1238"
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citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1238 (2017-2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Stephens"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2017-04-17T04:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2017-06-28T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0e74996-eb45-4579-8283-4dec6d9d7789"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1238"
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source_hash: "963a83d42a005681bdcba48280f9561cc88e0e3140bfd3f591862b20bd53e3d5"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
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---
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# Pennsylvania HB 1238 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Titles 3 (Agriculture), 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 22 (Detectives and Private Police), 34 (Game) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in race horse industry reform, further providing for licenses for horse race meetings and for occupational licenses for individuals; in riot, disorderly conduct and related offenses, repealing provisions relating to offense of cruelty to animals, live animals as prizes prohibited, police animals and assault with a biological agent on animal, fowl or honey bees and providing for offenses relating to cruelty to animals; in humane society police officers, further providing for definitions, for appointment by nonprofit corporations, for qualifications for appointment, for suspension, revocation, limitation and restriction of appointment and restoration of appointment, for powers and authority and jurisdiction, for search warrants and for costs; in hunting and furtaking, further providing for destruction of dogs declared public nuisances; in budget and finance, further providing for municipal corporation portion of fines, etc; and making editorial changes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Printer's No. 1465** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1238&pn=1465)
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2. **Printer's No. 1565** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1238&pn=1565)
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## Votes
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- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- HB 1238 PN 1465, 2017 A766, MARSICO — **191–0** (pass) · lower
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- FINAL PASSAGE — **167–20** (pass) · lower
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- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
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- HB 1238 PN 1465, 2017 A931, MARSICO — **191–0** (pass) · lower
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- HB 1238 PN 1465, 2017 A932, KNOWLES — **65–126** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Stephens — primary (person)
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- A. Harris — cosponsor (person)
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- Barbin — cosponsor (person)
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- Bizzarro — cosponsor (person)
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- Boback — cosponsor (person)
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- Charlton — cosponsor (person)
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- Conklin — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
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- Davis — cosponsor (person)
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- Dean — cosponsor (person)
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- Deasy — cosponsor (person)
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- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
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- Donatucci — cosponsor (person)
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- Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
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- Farry — cosponsor (person)
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- Freeman — cosponsor (person)
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- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
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- Greiner — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Harris — cosponsor (person)
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- James — cosponsor (person)
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- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
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- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
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- Krueger-Braneky — cosponsor (person)
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- Miccarelli — cosponsor (person)
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- Millard — cosponsor (person)
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- Milne — cosponsor (person)
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- Murt — cosponsor (person)
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- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
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- O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
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- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
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- Ravenstahl — cosponsor (person)
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- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
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- Roe — cosponsor (person)
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- Sainato — cosponsor (person)
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- Santora — cosponsor (person)
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- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
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- Schweyer — cosponsor (person)
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- Staats — cosponsor (person)
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- W. Keller — cosponsor (person)
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- Watson — cosponsor (person)
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- Wheeland — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1465 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2017-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
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- **2017-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
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- **2017-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
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- **2017-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1565 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
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- **2017-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2017-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
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- **2017-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
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- **2017-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
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- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
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- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0e74996-eb45-4579-8283-4dec6d9d7789`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
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