HB 1930 — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in riot, disorderly conduct and related offenses, further providing for the offense of aggravated cruelty to animal.
Congress · introduced 2025-10-08
Latest action: — Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS, Oct. 8, 2025
Sponsors
- Melissa L. Shusterman (D, PA-157) — sponsor · 2025-10-08
- Kate A. Klunk (R, PA-169) — cosponsor · 2025-10-08
- Robert Freeman (D, PA-136) — cosponsor · 2025-10-08
- Carol Hill-Evans (D, PA-95) — cosponsor · 2025-10-08
- Scott Conklin (D, PA-77) — cosponsor · 2025-10-08
- Ed Neilson (D, PA-174) — cosponsor · 2025-10-08
- Andrew Kuzma (R, PA-39) — cosponsor · 2025-10-08
- Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, PA-153) — cosponsor · 2025-10-08
- Chad G. Reichard (R, PA-90) — cosponsor · 2025-10-08
- Tarah Probst (D, PA-189) — cosponsor · 2025-10-08
- Mandy Steele (D, PA-33) — cosponsor · 2025-10-08
- Nikki Rivera (D, PA-96) — cosponsor · 2025-10-08
- Joe Ciresi (D, PA-146) — cosponsor · 2025-10-08
- Dan K. Williams (D, PA-74) — cosponsor · 2025-10-08
- Dan Moul (R, PA-91) — cosponsor · 2025-10-08
- Dan Frankel (D, PA-23) — cosponsor · 2025-10-08
- Joe Hogan (R, PA-142) — cosponsor · 2025-10-08
- Sean Dougherty (D, PA-172) — cosponsor · 2025-10-08
- Mark M. Gillen (R, PA-128) — cosponsor · 2025-10-08
- Liz Hanbidge (D, PA-61) — cosponsor · 2025-10-08
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS, Oct. 8, 2025
Text versions
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Bill text
Printer's No. 2420 · 1,438 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 2420
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1930
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY SHUSTERMAN, KLUNK, FREEMAN, HILL-EVANS, CONKLIN,
NEILSON, KUZMA, SANCHEZ, REICHARD, PROBST, STEELE, RIVERA,
CIRESI AND D. WILLIAMS, OCTOBER 7, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS,
OCTOBER 8, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in riot, disorderly conduct and
3 related offenses, further providing for the offense of
4 aggravated cruelty to animal.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 5534(b) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
9 § 5534. Aggravated cruelty to animal.
10 * * *
11 (b) Grading.--[A]
12 (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a violation of
13 this section is a felony of the third degree.
14 (2) A second or subsequent violation of this section
15 shall be graded as a felony of the second degree.
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.Connected on the graph
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| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
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| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Agriculture And Rural Affairs Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melissa L. Shusterman (D, state_lower PA-157) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Andrew Kuzma (R, state_lower PA-39) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, state_lower PA-153) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Carol Hill-Evans (D, state_lower PA-95) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Chad G. Reichard (R, state_lower PA-90) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Dan Frankel (D, state_lower PA-23) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Dan K. Williams (D, state_lower PA-74) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Dan Moul (R, state_lower PA-91) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Ed Neilson (D, state_lower PA-174) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Joe Ciresi (D, state_lower PA-146) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Joe Hogan (R, state_lower PA-142) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Kate A. Klunk (R, state_lower PA-169) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Liz Hanbidge (D, state_lower PA-61) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Mandy Steele (D, state_lower PA-33) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Mark M. Gillen (R, state_lower PA-128) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Nikki Rivera (D, state_lower PA-96) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Robert Freeman (D, state_lower PA-136) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Scott Conklin (D, state_lower PA-77) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Sean Dougherty (D, state_lower PA-172) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Tarah Probst (D, state_lower PA-189) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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