republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/sb-629.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Titles 12 (Commerce and Trade) and 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in fraudulent transfers, further providing for short title of chapter and definitions, for insolvency, for value, for transfers fraudulent as to present and future creditors, for transfers fraudulent as to present creditors, for when transfer is made or obligation is incurred, for remedies of creditors, for defenses, liability and protection of transferee and for extinguishment of cause of action, providing for governing law and for application to series organization, further providing for supplementary provisions and providing for uniformity of application and construction and for relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act; and, in support matters generally, further providing for continuing jurisdiction over support orders."
description: "An Act amending Titles 12 (Commerce and Trade) and 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in fraudulent transfers, further providing for short title of chapter and definitions, for insolvency, for value, for transfers fraudulent as to present and future creditors, for transfers fraudulent as to present creditors, for when transfer is made or obligation is incurred, for remedies of creditors, for defenses, liability and protection of transferee and for extinguishment of cause of action, providing for governing law and for application to series organization, further providing for supplementary provisions and providing for uniformity of application and construction and for relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act; and, in support matters generally, further providing for continuing jurisdiction over support orders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 629"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 629 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reschenthaler"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-04-18T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-12-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d109219-660b-4347-a0d1-2449140bbd9b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=629"
source_hash: "530707d2734f8911d040ecc3cee783926db0d2b74a4d8ee69afd1b4a8ae86f87"
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 629 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Titles 12 (Commerce and Trade) and 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in fraudulent transfers, further providing for short title of chapter and definitions, for insolvency, for value, for transfers fraudulent as to present and future creditors, for transfers fraudulent as to present creditors, for when transfer is made or obligation is incurred, for remedies of creditors, for defenses, liability and protection of transferee and for extinguishment of cause of action, providing for governing law and for application to series organization, further providing for supplementary provisions and providing for uniformity of application and construction and for relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act; and, in support matters generally, further providing for continuing jurisdiction over support orders.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0709** (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=0629&pn=0709)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **188–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (BANKING AND INSURANCE): Reported as Committed — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Reschenthaler — primary (person)
- Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
- Folmer — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Rafferty — cosponsor (person)
- Vogel — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0709 Referred to BANKING AND INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-09-20T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)
- **2017-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to COMMERCE `referral-committee`
- **2017-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-12-22T05:00:00+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/5d109219-660b-4347-a0d1-2449140bbd9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).