2025–2026 Regular Session · State Senate bill

SB 1027

An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the offense of ethnic intimidation; in particular rights and immunities, further providing for civil rights violations; and, in employees, further providing for definitions and providing for annual officer training on hate-based intimidation.

In committee Last action October 3, 2025: Referred to Judiciary

Official bill page and text: palegis.us

Sponsors 17

Prime sponsor

Jay Costa

Cosponsors (16)

Amanda Cappelletti, Art Haywood, Carolyn Comitta, Christine Tartaglione, John Kane, Judith Schwank, Katie Muth, Maria Collett, Nick Pisciottano, Nikil Saval, Patty Kim, Sharif Street, Steven Santarsiero, Timothy Kearney, Vincent Hughes, Wayne Fontana

Status

In committee as of October 3, 2025. Session ends November 30, 2026; the 2027–2028 session begins in January 2027.

Roll-call votes 0

No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.

Timeline 1

Date	Chamber	Action
October 3, 2025	Senate	Referred to Judiciary

Data: Open States (API v3; public data, attribution appreciated), updated November 5, 2026. Official record: palegis.us. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.