republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2023-2024/sb-361.md

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Bill	An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in organization and jurisdiction of courts of common pleas, further providing for courts of common pleas.	An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in organization and jurisdiction of courts of common pleas, further providing for courts of common pleas.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2023-2024	SB 361	Pennsylvania SB 361 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Judy Ward	8	23	13	2023-02-10T05:00:00+00:00	2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/af152c33-b083-4b83-8ef6-1b582e47537d	https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=60&rollcallid=1061&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0	ed838c65b098e9f07d59ad590a5273ab4a8a30313fb0f199da1b40e372f263c7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 361 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in organization and jurisdiction of courts of common pleas, further providing for courts of common pleas.

Version chain

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

1. House Amendment A02809 (committee substitute) — source
2. House Amendment A03124 (committee substitute) — source
3. House Amendment A03257 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. PN0287 (committee substitute) — source
5. Printer's No. PN0635 (committee substitute) — source
6. Printer's No. PN1203 (committee substitute) — source
7. Printer's No. PN1283 (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate Amendment A00291 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 168–35 (pass) · lower
• A3257 — 118–85 (pass) · lower
• A3124 — 203–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Judiciary): Report Bill As Amended — 20–5 (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
• Committee vote (Judiciary): Adopt Amendment — 17–8 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Committed — 17–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Judiciary): Reported as Amended — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Judiciary): Adopt Amendment — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• MOTION TO AGREE TO THE BILL ON SECOND CONSIDERATION — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Judy Ward — primary (person)
• Carolyn Comitta — cosponsor (person)
• Lynda Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
• Steven Santarsiero — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-06-05T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2023-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2023-10-31T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2023-10-31T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2023-10-31T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2023-12-12T05:00:00+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 & Executive Nominations referral-committee
• 2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments
• 2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 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. 58 of 2023

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/af152c33-b083-4b83-8ef6-1b582e47537d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).