republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-1917.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 22 (Detectives and Private Police) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in humane society police officers, further providing for appointment by nonprofit corporations, for qualifications for appointment, for suspension, revocation, limitation and restriction of appointment and restoration of appointment, for training program, for continuing education program, for Statewide registry and for Humane Society Police Officer Advisory Board."
description: "An Act amending Title 22 (Detectives and Private Police) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in humane society police officers, further providing for appointment by nonprofit corporations, for qualifications for appointment, for suspension, revocation, limitation and restriction of appointment and restoration of appointment, for training program, for continuing education program, for Statewide registry and for Humane Society Police Officer Advisory Board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1917"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1917 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ryan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-11-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-10-02T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/565fb06f-93bb-498c-995e-042ee8fd4c2d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1917"
source_hash: "230a054745a0e3c14b2c702d08b653e2d9e4d678299ba36ae7b192bb1975c41d"
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 1917 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 22 (Detectives and Private Police) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in humane society police officers, further providing for appointment by nonprofit corporations, for qualifications for appointment, for suspension, revocation, limitation and restriction of appointment and restoration of appointment, for training program, for continuing education program, for Statewide registry and for Humane Society Police Officer Advisory Board.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 2696** (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=1917&pn=2696)
2. **Printer's No. 2815** (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=1917&pn=2815)

## Votes

- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS): Reported as Committed — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **187–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ryan — primary (person)
- Barbin — cosponsor (person)
- Causer — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Cutler — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Day — cosponsor (person)
- Diamond — cosponsor (person)
- Dush — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Heffley — cosponsor (person)
- Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
- Keefer — cosponsor (person)
- Knowles — cosponsor (person)
- M. K. Keller — cosponsor (person)
- Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Mustio — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Rader — cosponsor (person)
- Sankey — cosponsor (person)
- Tallman — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Warner — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2696 Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2815 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-10-02T04:00:00+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/565fb06f-93bb-498c-995e-042ee8fd4c2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).