An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in jurisdiction of appellate courts, providing for commerce court program; and, in organization and jurisdiction of courts of common pleas, providing for commerce courts.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2017
Committee Review
Oct 2017
House Passage
Oct 2017
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 8, 2017
Last action Oct 5, 2017
Floor votes · House Oct 3, 2017
How they voted
69–0
Passed
Total votes 69
Oct 3, 2017
D
Democratic32
100% Yea
R
Republican37
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Oct 5, 2017
Committee
Referred to JUDICIARY
upper
Oct 3, 2017
Lower · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
lower
Oct 3, 2017
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
Oct 2, 2017
Committee
Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS
lower
Sep 26, 2017
Lower · Passed
Reported as committed
lower
Feb 8, 2017
Committee
PN 0413 Referred to JUDICIARY
lower
1 primary · 13 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Seth Grove
RRepublican
Co
Barry Jozwiak
RRepublican
Co
Cris Dush
RRepublican
Co
David R. Millard
RRepublican
Co
Ed Neilson
DDemocratic
Co
Francis X. Ryan
RRepublican
Co
Jared Solomon
DDemocratic
Co
Jason Ortitay
RRepublican
Co
John Lawrence
RRepublican
Co
Kristin Phillips-Hill
RRepublican
Co
Ron Marsico
RRepublican
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