republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-1738.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in commencement of proceedings, further providing for definitions, providing for nonmunicipal police extraterritorial jurisdiction for purposes of municipal police jurisdiction and for agents of the Office of Attorney General for purposes of municipal police jurisdiction."
description: "An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in commencement of proceedings, further providing for definitions, providing for nonmunicipal police extraterritorial jurisdiction for purposes of municipal police jurisdiction and for agents of the Office of Attorney General for purposes of municipal police jurisdiction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1738"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1738 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marsico"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-08-24T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c73ce82-0eb5-4063-acf3-7b1d6b4def5c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1738"
source_hash: "fc48eb5b8a1be5b4c62061a60c2339c3701fc7e8945cb9a7e959ca378e7c8ed4"
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 1738 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in commencement of proceedings, further providing for definitions, providing for nonmunicipal police extraterritorial jurisdiction for purposes of municipal police jurisdiction and for agents of the Office of Attorney General for purposes of municipal police jurisdiction.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 2335** (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=1738&pn=2335)
2. **Printer's No. 3609** (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=1738&pn=3609)
3. **Printer's No. 3732** (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=1738&pn=3732)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **187–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1738 PN 3732, CONCUR — **193–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Amended — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Marsico — primary (person)
- A. Harris — cosponsor (person)
- B. O'Neill — cosponsor (person)
- Barbin — cosponsor (person)
- Benninghoff — cosponsor (person)
- Caltagirone — cosponsor (person)
- D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
- Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
- Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Quigley — cosponsor (person)
- Santora — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Wheeland — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-08-24T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2335 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-12-04T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3609 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3732 Amended on third consideration
- **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
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c73ce82-0eb5-4063-acf3-7b1d6b4def5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).