PA SB45 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-2)
Status: Passed on July 20 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-07-20 - Act No. 41 of 2026
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-2)
Status: Passed on July 20 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-07-20 - Act No. 41 of 2026
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]
Summary
An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 23 (Domestic Relations), 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure), 44 (Law and Justice), 61 (Prisons and Parole) and 63 (Professions and Occupations (State Licensed)) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in human trafficking, further providing for definitions, providing for the offense of promoting prostitution, for the offense of living off of prostituted persons and for the offense of patronizing prostitution and further providing for grants; in public indecency, further providing for prostitution and related offenses; establishing the Prevention of Human Trafficking Restricted Account; in child protective services, further providing for definitions; in sentencing, further providing for sexual offenses and tier system; in DNA data and testing, further providing for definitions; in interstate compacts, further providing for supervision of persons paroled by other states; and, in powers and duties relating to the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs, further providing for consideration of criminal convictions.
Title
In human trafficking, further providing for definitions, providing for the offense of promoting prostitution, for the offense of living off of prostituted persons and for the offense of patronizing prostitution and further providing for grants; in public indecency, further providing for prostitution and related offenses; establishing the Prevention of Human Trafficking Restricted Account; in child protective services, further providing for definitions; in sentencing, further providing for sexual offenses and tier system; in DNA data and testing, further providing for definitions; in interstate compacts, further providing for supervision of persons paroled by other states; and, in powers and duties relating to the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs, further providing for consideration of criminal convictions.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2026-07-12 - House - House Floor: PN1791, FINAL PASSAGE (Y: 202 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-07-11 - House - House Appropriations: PN1791, Re-report Bill As Committed (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-06-25 - House - House Judiciary: PN1791, Report Bill As Committed (Y: 26 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-06-08 - Senate - Senate Floor: PN1791, Final Passage (Y: 49 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-06-02 - Senate - Senate Floor: PN1627 A03395, DUSH Amendment No. A-3395 (Y: 50 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-06-01 - Senate - Senate Appropriations: PN1627, Re-Reported as Committed (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-04-21 - Senate - Senate Judiciary: PN1512, Reported as Amended (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-04-21 - Senate - Senate Judiciary: PN1512 A02992, Adopt Amendment (Y: 12 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-07-11 - House - House Appropriations: PN1791, Re-report Bill As Committed (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-06-25 - House - House Judiciary: PN1791, Report Bill As Committed (Y: 26 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-06-08 - Senate - Senate Floor: PN1791, Final Passage (Y: 49 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-06-02 - Senate - Senate Floor: PN1627 A03395, DUSH Amendment No. A-3395 (Y: 50 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-06-01 - Senate - Senate Appropriations: PN1627, Re-Reported as Committed (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-04-21 - Senate - Senate Judiciary: PN1512, Reported as Amended (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-04-21 - Senate - Senate Judiciary: PN1512 A02992, Adopt Amendment (Y: 12 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-20 | Senate | Act No. 41 of 2026 |
| 2026-07-20 | Senate | Approved by the Governor |
| 2026-07-12 | Senate | Presented to the Governor |
| 2026-07-12 | House | Signed in House |
| 2026-07-12 | Senate | Signed in Senate |
| 2026-07-12 | House | Third consideration and final passage (202-0) |
| 2026-07-12 | House | Re-reported as committed |
| 2026-07-01 | House | Re-referred to Appropriations |
| 2026-07-01 | House | Second consideration |
| 2026-06-29 | House | Removed from table |
| 2026-06-26 | House | Laid on the table |
| 2026-06-26 | House | First consideration |
| 2026-06-26 | House | Reported as committed |
| 2026-06-09 | House | Referred to Judiciary |
| 2026-06-08 | House | In the House |
| 2026-06-08 | Senate | Third consideration and final passage (49-1) |
| 2026-06-08 | Senate | Amended on third consideration |
| 2026-06-03 | Senate | Amended on third consideration |
| 2026-06-02 | Senate | Amended on third consideration (50-0) |
| 2026-06-01 | Senate | Re-reported as committed |
| 2026-06-01 | Senate | Re-referred to Appropriations |
| 2026-04-22 | Senate | Second consideration |
| 2026-04-21 | Senate | First consideration |
| 2026-04-21 | Senate | Reported as amended |
| 2026-03-18 | Senate | Referred to Judiciary |
