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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1311: An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in riot, disorderly conduct and related offenses, further providing for prohibition of ownership; and, in sentencing, providing for animal abuse registry.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 1311 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate on April 28, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in riot, disorderly conduct and related offenses, further providing for prohibition of ownership; and, in sentencing, providing for animal abuse registry. Primary sponsor: Dan Laughlin (Republican). It lists 11 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (October 7, 2026): Referred to Judiciary.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Republican 10

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Dan LaughlinPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate49
Camera BartolottaCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate46
Lisa BoscolaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate18
Rosemary BrownCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate40
Lynda CulverCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate27
Frank FarryCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate6
James MaloneCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate36
Tracy PennycuickCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate24
Joe PicozziCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate5
Devlin RobinsonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate37
Elder VogelCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate47
Judy WardCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate30

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Referred to Judiciary
  2. Third consideration and final passage
  3. Re-reported as amended
  4. Re-referred to Appropriations
  5. Re-reported as amended
  6. Re-referred to Rules & Executive Nominations
  7. Second consideration
  8. First consideration
  9. Reported as amended
  10. Referred to Judiciary

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source