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2025–2026 Regular Session

Senate Bill 738

An Act amending the act of November 6, 1987 (P.L.381, No.79), known as the Older Adults Protective Services Act, providing for prevention of financial exploitation.

In the House of Representatives's Aging & Older Adult Services Committee since September 30, 2026.

Sponsors

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

In the Senate

22 co-sponsors

Sharif Street, Wayne D. Fontana, Rosemary M. Brown, Lisa M. Boscola, Camera Bartolotta, Christine M. Tartaglione, Devlin J. Robinson, Lisa Baker, Art Haywood, Daniel Laughlin, Patrick J. Stefano, Timothy P. Kearney, Jay Costa, Tracy Pennycuick, Elder A. Vogel Jr., Maria Collett, Lynda Schlegel Culver, John I. Kane, David G. Argall, James Andrew Malone, Nick Miller, Frank A. Farry

Its course

May 12, 2025 to September 30, 2026, 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 action10 actions on 5 days

In the SenateMay 12 to Sep 30506 days

Banking & InsuranceMay 12 to Jun 30414 days

AppropriationsSep 29 to Sep 290 days

In the House of RepresentativesFrom Sep 30

Aging & Older Adult ServicesFrom Sep 30

Votes

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

  • Senate, third reading47–2

    Passed · Sep 30, 2026

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Jun 30, 2026

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 May 12 – Sep 30, 2026

  1. May 12Sent to BANKING AND INSURANCE
  2. Jun 30, 2026BANKING AND INSURANCE recommended it as amended
  3. Jul 11, 2026Read a second time
  4. Sep 29, 2026Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  5. APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
  6. Sep 30, 2026Passed the Senate, 47 to 2

In the House of Representatives Sep 30, 2026

  1. Sep 30, 2026Arrived in the House of Representatives
  2. Sent to AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES
All 10 actions, as published
  1. May 12Referred to BANKING AND INSURANCE, May 12, 2025Senate
  2. Jun 30, 2026Reported as amended, June 30, 2026Senate
  3. Jun 30, 2026First consideration, June 30, 2026Senate
  4. Jul 11, 2026Second consideration, July 11, 2026Senate
  5. Sep 29, 2026Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, Sept. 29, 2026Senate
  6. Sep 29, 2026Re-reported as committed, Sept. 29, 2026Senate
  7. Sep 30, 2026Third consideration and final passage, Sept. 30, 2026 (47-2)Senate
  8. Sep 30, 2026(Remarks see Senate Journal Page ....), Sept. 30, 2026Senate
  9. Sep 30, 2026In the HouseHouse of Representatives
  10. Sep 30, 2026Referred to AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES, Sept. 30, 2026House of Representatives