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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 554"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 554 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greenleaf"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-03-24T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b99b88a7-7d75-46f7-ab28-3fa2b6f5f770"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=554"
source_hash: "e9aab7e2065cfc5085695a63506a10ae71f2baa2d7c4af951a90ad8ed9e2f68c"
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 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](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0554&pn=0594)
2. **Printer's No. 0613** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0554&pn=0613)
3. **Printer's No. 0740** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0554&pn=0740)
4. **Printer's No. 1823** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0554&pn=1823)
5. **Printer's No. 2054** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0554&pn=2054)
## Votes
- FINAL PASSAGE — **1870** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **490** (pass) · upper
- SB 554 PN 1823, 2017 A7390, MARSICO — **1840** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **500** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Amended — **140** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **180** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **250** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b99b88a7-7d75-46f7-ab28-3fa2b6f5f770`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).