SB 255 — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sentencing, further providing for sexual offenses and tier system.
Congress · introduced 2025-02-20
Latest action: — Act No. 22 of 2025, June 30, 2025
Sponsors
- Lisa Baker (R, PA-20) — sponsor · 2025-02-20
- Scott Martin (R, PA-13) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Kristin Phillips-Hill (R, PA-28) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Wayne D. Fontana (D, PA-42) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Tracy Pennycuick (R, PA-24) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Camera Bartolotta (R, PA-46) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Rosemary M. Brown (R, PA-40) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Wayne Langerholc (R, PA-35) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Lynda Schlegel Culver (R, PA-27) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Patrick J. Stefano (R, PA-32) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Judy Ward (R, PA-30) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Cris Dush (R, PA-25) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Elder A. Vogel (R, PA-47) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
Action timeline
- · senate — Referred to JUDICIARY, Feb. 20, 2025
- · senate — Reported as committed, April 1, 2025
- · senate — First consideration, April 1, 2025
- · senate — Second consideration, April 2, 2025
- · senate — Third consideration and final passage, May 5, 2025 (50-0)
- · house — In the House
- · house — Referred to JUDICIARY, May 6, 2025
- · house — Reported as committed, June 17, 2025
- · house — First consideration, June 17, 2025
- · house — Laid on the table, June 17, 2025
- · house — Removed from table, June 24, 2025
- · house — Second consideration, June 25, 2025
- · house — Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, June 25, 2025
- · house — Re-reported as committed, June 26, 2025
- · house — Third consideration and final passage, June 26, 2025 (202-0)
- · senate — Signed in Senate, June 26, 2025
- · house — Signed in House, June 30, 2025
- — Presented to the Governor, June 30, 2025
- — Approved by the Governor, June 30, 2025
- — Act No. 22 of 2025, June 30, 2025
- · senate — (Remarks see Senate Journal Page 338-339), May 5, 2025
Text versions
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0207 · 1,539 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 207
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 255
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, MARTIN, PHILLIPS-HILL, FONTANA, PENNYCUICK,
BARTOLOTTA, BROWN, LANGERHOLC, CULVER, STEFANO, J. WARD, DUSH
AND VOGEL, FEBRUARY 20, 2025
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 20, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sentencing, further
3 providing for sexual offenses and tier system.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 9799.14(c) of Title 42 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a
8 paragraph to read:
9 § 9799.14. Sexual offenses and tier system.
10 * * *
11 (c) Tier II sexual offenses.--The following offenses, or an
12 attempt, conspiracy or solicitation to commit any of the
13 following offenses, shall be classified as Tier II sexual
14 offenses:
15 * * *
16 (1.5) 18 Pa.C.S. § 3124.3 (relating to sexual assault by
17 sports official, volunteer or employee of nonprofit
18 association).
1 * * *
2 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
20250SB0255PN0207 - 2 -Connected on the graph
Outbound (3)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary 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 | Lisa Baker (R, state_upper PA-20) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Camera Bartolotta (R, state_upper PA-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Cris Dush (R, state_upper PA-25) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Elder A. Vogel (R, state_upper PA-47) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Judy Ward (R, state_upper PA-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Kristin Phillips-Hill (R, state_upper PA-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Lynda Schlegel Culver (R, state_upper PA-27) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Patrick J. Stefano (R, state_upper PA-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Rosemary M. Brown (R, state_upper PA-40) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Scott Martin (R, state_upper PA-13) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Tracy Pennycuick (R, state_upper PA-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Wayne D. Fontana (D, state_upper PA-42) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Wayne Langerholc (R, state_upper PA-35) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
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 Appropriations Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee · pa-leg