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2023–2024 Regular Session

Senate Bill 267

An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in offenses against the family, further providing for newborn protection; in child protective services, further providing for definitions and for taking child into protective custody; and, in newborn protection, further providing for definitions and for incubators for newborns, providing for health care providers at urgent care centers accepting newborns and further providing for reporting acceptance of newborns, for immunity, for duty of hospital and for duties of department.

Became law as Act 134 of 2024, signed October 31, 2024, 639 days after it was filed.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

9 co-sponsors

Cris Dush, Jimmy Dillon, Camera Bartolotta, Kristin Phillips-Hill, John I. Kane, Christine M. Tartaglione, Scott Martin, Jay Costa, Devlin J. Robinson

Its course

January 31, 2023 to October 31, 2024, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action27 actions on 12 days

In the SenateJan 31 to Apr 2483 days

JudiciaryJan 31 to Mar 634 days

In the House of RepresentativesApr 24 to Oct 21546 days

JudiciaryApr 25 to Oct 2526 days

AppropriationsOct 9 to Oct 2112 days

Back in the SenateOct 21 to Oct 232 days

Waiting to be sentOct 23 to Oct 230 days

With the GovernorOct 23 to Oct 318 days

Votes

Yeas to nays, as the General Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

  • Senate, third reading50–0

    Passed · Apr 24

  • House of Representatives, third reading202–0

    Passed · Oct 21, 2024

  • Senate, concurrence50–0

    Agreed to the other chamber's changes · Oct 22, 2024

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Oct 9, 2024

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the Senate Jan 31 – Apr 24

  1. Jan 31Sent to JUDICIARY
  2. Mar 6JUDICIARY recommended it
  3. Mar 8Read a second time
  4. Apr 24Passed the Senate, 50 to 0

In the House of Representatives Apr 25 – Oct 21, 2024

  1. Apr 25Arrived in the House of Representatives
  2. Sent to JUDICIARY
  3. Oct 2, 2024JUDICIARY recommended it
  4. Oct 9, 2024Amended and read a second time
  5. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  6. Oct 21, 2024APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
  7. Passed the House of Representatives, 202 to 0

Back in the Senate Oct 21, 2024 – Oct 23, 2024

  1. Oct 21, 2024Returned to the Senate
  2. Sent to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS
  3. Oct 22, 2024The Senate agreed to the other chamber's changes, 50 to 0
  4. Oct 23, 2024Signed in the Senate

To the Governor Oct 23, 2024 – Oct 31, 2024

  1. Oct 23, 2024Signed in the House of Representatives
  2. Sent to the Governor
  3. Oct 31, 2024Signed by the Governor
  4. Became Act 134 of 2024
All 27 actions, as published
  1. Jan 31Referred to JUDICIARY, Jan. 31, 2023 [Senate]Senate
  2. Mar 6Reported as committed, March 6, 2023 [Senate]Senate
  3. Mar 6First consideration, March 6, 2023 [Senate]Senate
  4. Mar 8Second consideration, March 8, 2023 [Senate]Senate
  5. Apr 24Third consideration and final passage, April 24, 2023 (50-0) [Senate]Senate
  6. Apr 24(Remarks see Senate Journal Page 292), April 24, 2023 [Senate]Senate
  7. Apr 25In the House [House]House of Representatives
  8. Apr 25Referred to JUDICIARY, April 25, 2023 [House]House of Representatives
  9. Oct 2, 2024Reported as committed, Oct. 2, 2024 [House]House of Representatives
  10. Oct 2, 2024First consideration, Oct. 2, 2024 [House]House of Representatives
  11. Oct 2, 2024Laid on the table, Oct. 2, 2024 [House]House of Representatives
  12. Oct 8, 2024Removed from table, Oct. 8, 2024 [House]House of Representatives
  13. Oct 9, 2024Second consideration, with amendments, Oct. 9, 2024 [House]House of Representatives
  14. Oct 9, 2024Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, Oct. 9, 2024 [House]House of Representatives
  15. Oct 9, 2024(Remarks see House Journal Page ...), Oct. 9, 2024 [House]House of Representatives
  16. Oct 21, 2024Re-reported as committed, Oct. 21, 2024 [House]House of Representatives
  17. Oct 21, 2024Third consideration and final passage, Oct. 21, 2024 (202-0) [House]House of Representatives
  18. Oct 21, 2024(Remarks see House Journal Page ....), Oct. 21, 2024 [House]House of Representatives
  19. Oct 21, 2024In the Senate [Senate]Senate
  20. Oct 21, 2024Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, Oct. 21, 2024 [Senate]Senate
  21. Oct 22, 2024Re-reported on concurrence, as committed, Oct. 22, 2024 [Senate]Senate
  22. Oct 22, 2024Senate concurred in House amendments, Oct. 22, 2024 (50-0) [Senate]Senate
  23. Oct 23, 2024Signed in Senate, Oct. 23, 2024 [Senate]Senate
  24. Oct 23, 2024Signed in House, Oct. 23, 2024 [House]House of Representatives
  25. Oct 23, 2024Presented to the Governor, Oct. 23, 2024Governor
  26. Oct 31, 2024Approved by the Governor, Oct. 31, 2024Governor
  27. Oct 31, 2024Act No. 134 of 2024, Oct. 31, 2024Governor