republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2023-2024/sb-596.md

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Bill	An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in theft and related offenses, further providing for the offense of organized retail theft; and establishing the Office of Deputy Attorney General for Organized Retail Crime Theft.	An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in theft and related offenses, further providing for the offense of organized retail theft; and establishing the Office of Deputy Attorney General for Organized Retail Crime Theft.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2023-2024	SB 596	Pennsylvania SB 596 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	David Argall	9	25	13	2023-04-17T04:00:00+00:00	2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/6fdfe4fd-da21-4ee5-85ff-f1420727cde0	https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=60&rollcallid=1167&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0	525f4912e6ae7084fc037abac88deac9a98ce03e041181585a2c4f5c87875198	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 596 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in theft and related offenses, further providing for the offense of organized retail theft; and establishing the Office of Deputy Attorney General for Organized Retail Crime Theft.

Version chain

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

1. House Amendment A03215 (committee substitute) — source
2. House Amendment A03221 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. PN0595 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. PN1146 (committee substitute) — source
5. Printer's No. PN1232 (committee substitute) — source
6. Printer's No. PN1266 (committee substitute) — source
7. Printer's No. PN1284 (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate Amendment A02198 (committee substitute) — source
9. Senate Amendment A02983 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• A3221 — 140–63 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Judiciary): Report Bill As Amended — 14–11 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 46–4 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Judiciary): Adopt Amendment — 10–4 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Judiciary): Reported as Amended — 9–5 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 179–24 (pass) · lower
• SANTARSIERO AMENDMENT NO. A-2983 — 46–4 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — 18–6 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Committed — 15–2 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Judiciary): Adopt Amendment — 14–11 (pass) · lower
• A3215 — 192–11 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — 45–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David Argall — primary (person)
• Camera Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
• Frank Farry — cosponsor (person)
• Jay Costa — cosponsor (person)
• Michele Brooks — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Regan — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick Stefano — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan Aument — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-04-17T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2023-10-03T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2023-10-03T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2023-10-04T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2023-10-04T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-11-14T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2023-11-14T05:00:00+00:00 Amended on third consideration amendment-passage
• 2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2023-12-10T05:00:00+00:00 Reported as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2023-12-10T05:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2023-12-10T05:00:00+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. 42 of 2023

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6fdfe4fd-da21-4ee5-85ff-f1420727cde0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).