HB 1938 — 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 2025-10-10
Latest action: — Laid on the table, Oct. 27, 2025
Sponsors
- Melissa L. Shusterman (D, PA-157) — sponsor · 2025-10-10
- Kate A. Klunk (R, PA-169) — cosponsor · 2025-10-10
- Tim Brennan (D, PA-29) — cosponsor · 2025-10-10
- Mandy Steele (D, PA-33) — cosponsor · 2025-10-10
- Dan Moul (R, PA-91) — cosponsor · 2025-10-10
- Dan K. Williams (D, PA-74) — cosponsor · 2025-10-10
- Tarah Probst (D, PA-189) — cosponsor · 2025-10-10
- Nikki Rivera (D, PA-96) — cosponsor · 2025-10-10
- Chad G. Reichard (R, PA-90) — cosponsor · 2025-10-10
- Scott Conklin (D, PA-77) — cosponsor · 2025-10-10
- Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, PA-153) — cosponsor · 2025-10-10
- Andrew Kuzma (R, PA-39) — cosponsor · 2025-10-10
- Steven R. Malagari (D, PA-53) — cosponsor · 2025-10-10
- Gina H. Curry (D, PA-164) — cosponsor · 2025-10-10
- Liz Hanbidge (D, PA-61) — cosponsor · 2025-10-10
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to JUDICIARY, Oct. 10, 2025
- · house — Reported as committed, Oct. 27, 2025
- · house — First consideration, Oct. 27, 2025
- · house — Laid on the table, Oct. 27, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 2446 · 1,346 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 2446
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1938
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY SHUSTERMAN, KLUNK, BRENNAN, STEELE, MOUL,
D. WILLIAMS, PROBST AND RIVERA, OCTOBER 10, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 10, 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
Outbound (1)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Judiciary 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 | Chad G. Reichard (R, state_lower PA-90) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Dan K. Williams (D, state_lower PA-74) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Dan Moul (R, state_lower PA-91) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Gina H. Curry (D, state_lower PA-164) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Kate A. Klunk (R, state_lower PA-169) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Liz Hanbidge (D, state_lower PA-61) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Mandy Steele (D, state_lower PA-33) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Nikki Rivera (D, state_lower PA-96) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Scott Conklin (D, state_lower PA-77) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Steven R. Malagari (D, state_lower PA-53) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Tarah Probst (D, state_lower PA-189) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Tim Brennan (D, state_lower PA-29) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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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
Activity
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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee · pa-leg