HB 608 — 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 cruelty to animal.
Congress · introduced 2025-02-12
Latest action: — Laid on the table, Oct. 27, 2025
Sponsors
- MaryLouise Isaacson (D, PA-175) — sponsor · 2025-02-12
- Tim Brennan (D, PA-29) — cosponsor · 2025-02-12
- Daniel J. Deasy (D, PA-27) — cosponsor · 2025-02-12
- Robert Freeman (D, PA-136) — cosponsor · 2025-02-12
- G. Roni Green (D, PA-190) — cosponsor · 2025-02-12
- Carol Hill-Evans (D, PA-95) — cosponsor · 2025-02-12
- Joseph C. Hohenstein (D, PA-177) — cosponsor · 2025-02-12
- Kristine C. Howard (D, PA-167) — cosponsor · 2025-02-12
- Malcolm Kenyatta (D, PA-181) — cosponsor · 2025-02-12
- Jeanne McNeill (D, PA-133) — cosponsor · 2025-02-12
- Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, PA-153) — cosponsor · 2025-02-12
- Michael H. Schlossberg (D, PA-132) — cosponsor · 2025-02-12
- Mandy Steele (D, PA-33) — cosponsor · 2025-02-12
- Scott Conklin (D, PA-77) — cosponsor · 2025-02-12
- Liz Hanbidge (D, PA-61) — cosponsor · 2025-02-12
- Jacklyn Rusnock (D, PA-126) — cosponsor · 2025-02-12
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS, Feb. 12, 2025
- · house — Reported with request to re-refer to JUDICIARY, March 17, 2025
- · house — Re-referred to JUDICIARY, March 17, 2025
- · house — Reported as committed, Oct. 27, 2025
- · house — First consideration, Oct. 27, 2025
- · house — Laid on the table, Oct. 27, 2025
Text versions
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0616 · 2,207 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 616
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 608
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY ISAACSON, BRENNAN, DEASY, FREEMAN, GREEN, HILL-
EVANS, HOHENSTEIN, HOWARD, KENYATTA, McNEILL, SANCHEZ,
SCHLOSSBERG AND STEELE, FEBRUARY 12, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS,
FEBRUARY 12, 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 cruelty to animal.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 5533(b) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
9 § 5533. Cruelty to animal.
10 * * *
11 (b) Grading.--
12 (1) Except as [set forth in paragraph (2)] specified in
13 paragraphs (2) and (3), a violation of this section is a
14 summary offense.
15 (2) If the violation causes bodily injury to the animal
16 or places the animal at imminent risk of serious bodily
17 injury, a violation of this section is a misdemeanor of the
18 second degree.
1 (3) If the violation causes bodily injury to the animal
2 due to the cropping, trimming or cutting off the whole or
3 part of the ear or ears of the animal by a person who is not
4 a licensed doctor of veterinary medicine or who is not acting
5 in accordance with section 5542(a) (relating to animal
6 mutilation and related offenses), a violation of this section
7 is as follows:
8 (i) A misdemeanor of the second degree for the first
9 violation.
10 (ii) A misdemeanor of the first degree for a second
11 or subsequent violation.
12 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Outbound (2)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Agriculture And Rural Affairs Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Committees
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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 | MaryLouise Isaacson (D, state_lower PA-175) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, state_lower PA-153) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Carol Hill-Evans (D, state_lower PA-95) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Daniel J. Deasy (D, state_lower PA-27) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | G. Roni Green (D, state_lower PA-190) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Jacklyn Rusnock (D, state_lower PA-126) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Jeanne McNeill (D, state_lower PA-133) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Joseph C. Hohenstein (D, state_lower PA-177) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Kristine C. Howard (D, state_lower PA-167) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Liz Hanbidge (D, state_lower PA-61) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Malcolm Kenyatta (D, state_lower PA-181) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Mandy Steele (D, state_lower PA-33) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Michael H. Schlossberg (D, state_lower PA-132) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Robert Freeman (D, state_lower PA-136) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Scott Conklin (D, state_lower PA-77) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Tim Brennan (D, state_lower PA-29) | 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
Activity
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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Agriculture And Rural Affairs Committee · pa-leg