An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in post-trial matters, further providing for eligibility for relief, providing for postconviction review for veterans with service-connected mental health disability and further providing for jurisdiction and proceedings; and, in sentencing, further providing for sentencing procedure for murder of the first degree.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Jul 2023
House Passage
Jul 2023
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 10, 2023
Last action Jul 7, 2023
Floor votes · House Jul 6, 2023
How they voted
21–0
Passed
Total votes 21
Jul 6, 2023
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican9
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Jul 7, 2023
Committee
Re-referred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness
lower
Jul 7, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported with request to re-refer to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness
lower
Jul 6, 2023
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (21-0)
house
Mar 10, 2023
Committee
Referred to Judiciary
lower
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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