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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general administration, further providing for State recording system for application of restraints to pregnant prisoners or detainees; in county correctional institutions, further providing for county recording system for application of restraints to pregnant prisoners or detainees; providing for Department of Human Services facilities; and, in miscellaneous provisions, further providing for healthy birth for incarcerated women and providing for restrictive housing prohibited for pregnant or postpartum incarcerated individuals and detainees, for cavity search and inspection restrictions, for training and education requirement, for feminine hygiene and incontinence products and for postpartum recovery."
description: "An Act amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general administration, further providing for State recording system for application of restraints to pregnant prisoners or detainees; in county correctional institutions, further providing for county recording system for application of restraints to pregnant prisoners or detainees; providing for Department of Human Services facilities; and, in miscellaneous provisions, further providing for healthy birth for incarcerated women and providing for restrictive housing prohibited for pregnant or postpartum incarcerated individuals and detainees, for cavity search and inspection restrictions, for training and education requirement, for feminine hygiene and incontinence products and for postpartum recovery."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 900"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 900 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morgan Cephas"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26f74611-4f6b-4235-8d11-0cf3ed8b5c3e"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=60&rollcallid=28&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "38689e1dbde0b661227e289f540754bdc09572e266b93a3c7334db1b3f5c98e7"
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 900 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general administration, further providing for State recording system for application of restraints to pregnant prisoners or detainees; in county correctional institutions, further providing for county recording system for application of restraints to pregnant prisoners or detainees; providing for Department of Human Services facilities; and, in miscellaneous provisions, further providing for healthy birth for incarcerated women and providing for restrictive housing prohibited for pregnant or postpartum incarcerated individuals and detainees, for cavity search and inspection restrictions, for training and education requirement, for feminine hygiene and incontinence products and for postpartum recovery.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Printer's No. PN0882** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0900/PN0882)
2. **Printer's No. PN0959** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0900/PN0959)
3. **Printer's No. PN2406** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0900/PN2406)
4. **Senate Amendment A03225** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A03225)
## Votes
- Committee vote (Rules): Re-report Bill As Committed — **33–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Adopt Amendment — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Reported as Amended — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **203–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Report Bill As Amended — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **203–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Adopt Amendment — **13–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Morgan Cephas — primary (person)
- Abigail Salisbury — cosponsor (person)
- Ben Waxman — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Kazeem — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Pielli — cosponsor (person)
- Christina Sappey — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Rabb — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Frankel — cosponsor (person)
- Danielle Friel Otten — cosponsor (person)
- Darisha K. Parker — cosponsor (person)
- David Delloso — cosponsor (person)
- Donna Bullock — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Fiedler — cosponsor (person)
- Emily Kinkead — cosponsor (person)
- Eric Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- G. Roni Green — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Jeanne Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer O'Mara — cosponsor (person)
- Joanne Stehr — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Hohenstein — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Fleming — cosponsor (person)
- Kristine Howard — cosponsor (person)
- La'Tasha Mayes — cosponsor (person)
- Liz Hanbidge — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Jo Daley — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen Madden — cosponsor (person)
- Melissa Shusterman — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Guenst — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Takac — cosponsor (person)
- Perry Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Krajewski — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Innamorato — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
- Tarah Probst — cosponsor (person)
- Tarik Khan — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Briggs — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy Fink — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2023-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+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. 47 of 2023
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26f74611-4f6b-4235-8d11-0cf3ed8b5c3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).