republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2023-2024/hb-689.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in criminal history record information, further providing for definitions, for general regulations, for expungement, for petition for limited access, for clean slate limited access, for exceptions, for effects of expunged records and records subject to limited access and for employer immunity from liability."
description: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in criminal history record information, further providing for definitions, for general regulations, for expungement, for petition for limited access, for clean slate limited access, for exceptions, for effects of expunged records and records subject to limited access and for employer immunity from liability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 689"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 689 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jordan Harris"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 14
first_action: "2023-03-24T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f7efc2a-0a24-4b5f-9d48-15d4a63a5151"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=60&rollcallid=139&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "b2e7a0f2c4947bb6b5a9fa8abc0d25c1f73eba84c2f59b56013c5a4081313ab6"
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 689 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in criminal history record information, further providing for definitions, for general regulations, for expungement, for petition for limited access, for clean slate limited access, for exceptions, for effects of expunged records and records subject to limited access and for employer immunity from liability.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A00531** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A00531)
2. **House Amendment A00679** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A00679)
3. **Printer's No. PN0634** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0689/PN0634)
4. **Printer's No. PN1139** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0689/PN1139)
5. **Printer's No. PN1360** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0689/PN1360)
6. **Printer's No. PN1988** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0689/PN1988)
7. **Printer's No. PN2310** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0689/PN2310)
8. **Senate Amendment A01990** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A01990)
9. **Senate Amendment A02988** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A02988)

## Votes

- CONCURRENCE — **153–50** (pass) · lower
- MOTION TO SUSPEND RULES — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **189–14** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Adopt Amendment — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- A679 — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Adopt Amendment — **12–2** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Rules): Re-report Bill As Committed — **33–0** (pass) · lower
- A531 — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Adopt Amendment — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Reported as Amended — **12–2** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Report Bill As Amended — **20–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jordan Harris — primary (person)
- Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Kazeem — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Frankel — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Deasy — cosponsor (person)
- Donna Bullock — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Ismail Smith-Wade-El — cosponsor (person)
- Jared Solomon — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Ortitay — cosponsor (person)
- Jeanne Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Joanna Mcclinton — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Hohenstein — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua Kail — cosponsor (person)
- Kristine Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Liz Hanbidge — cosponsor (person)
- Malcolm Kenyatta — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen Madden — cosponsor (person)
- Melissa Shusterman — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Guenst — cosponsor (person)
- Patty Kim — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Schemel — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Takac — cosponsor (person)
- R. Lee James — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Krajewski — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Conklin — cosponsor (person)
- Sheryl Delozier — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Brennan — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Briggs — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Torren Ecker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2023-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2023-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Amended on second consideration `amendment-passage`
- **2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 36 of 2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f7efc2a-0a24-4b5f-9d48-15d4a63a5151`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).