An Act amending Titles 61 (Prisons and Parole) and 63 (Professions and Occupations (State Licensed)) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general administration, providing for earned vocational training and education credit; in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, further providing for parole power and for short sentence parole; and, in powers and duties, further providing for consideration of criminal convictions.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2023
Committee Review
Apr 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Sep 13, 2023
Last action Apr 5, 2024
Floor votes · House Mar 27, 2024
How they voted
152–49
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 202
Mar 27, 2024
D
Democratic102
100% Yea
R
Republican100
50% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Apr 5, 2024
Committee
Referred to Judiciary
upper
Mar 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
lower
Mar 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
Mar 26, 2024
Committee
Re-committed to Appropriations
lower
Mar 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported as committed
lower
Sep 13, 2023
Committee
Referred to Judiciary
lower
1 primary · 19 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Napoleon Nelson
DDemocratic
Co
Andrew Kuzma
RRepublican
Co
Bob Freeman
DDemocratic
Co
Carol Hill-Evans
DDemocratic
Co
Carol Kazeem
DDemocratic
Co
Darisha Parker
DDemocratic
Co
Heather Boyd
DDemocratic
Co
Joe McAndrew
DDemocratic
Co
Joe Webster
DDemocratic
Co
Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz
DDemocratic
Co
Lisa Borowski
DDemocratic
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