HB 1562 — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sports and amusements, repealing provisions relating to fortune telling.
Congress · introduced 2025-06-05
Latest action: — Laid on the table, Sept. 10, 2025
Sponsors
- Greg Scott (D, PA-54) — sponsor · 2025-06-05
- Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, PA-153) — cosponsor · 2025-06-05
- Ben Waxman (D, PA-182) — cosponsor · 2025-06-05
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to JUDICIARY, June 5, 2025
- · house — Reported as committed, June 30, 2025
- · house — First consideration, June 30, 2025
- · house — Re-committed to RULES, June 30, 2025
- · house — Re-reported as committed, Sept. 10, 2025
- · house — Laid on the table, Sept. 10, 2025
Text versions
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Bill text
Printer's No. 1847 · 2,676 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 1847
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1562
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY SCOTT AND SANCHEZ, JUNE 5, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 5, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in sports and amusements, repealing
3 provisions relating to fortune telling.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 7104 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is repealed:
8 [§ 7104. Fortune telling.
9 (a) Offense defined.--A person is guilty of a misdemeanor of
10 the third degree if he pretends for gain or lucre, to tell
11 fortunes or predict future events, by cards, tokens, the
12 inspection of the head or hands of any person, or by the age of
13 anyone, or by consulting the movements of the heavenly bodies,
14 or in any other manner, or for gain or lucre, pretends to effect
15 any purpose by spells, charms, necromancy, or incantation, or
16 advises the taking or administering of what are commonly called
17 love powders or potions, or prepares the same to be taken or
18 administered, or publishes by card, circular, sign, newspaper or
19 other means that he can predict future events, or for gain or
1 lucre, pretends to enable anyone to get or to recover stolen
2 property, or to tell where lost property is, or to stop bad
3 luck, or to give good luck, or to put bad luck on a person or
4 animal, or to stop or injure the business or health of a person
5 or shorten his life, or to give success in business, enterprise,
6 speculation, and games of chance, or to win the affection of a
7 person, or to make one person marry another, or to induce a
8 person to make or alter a will, or to tell where money or other
9 property is hidden, or to tell where to dig for treasure, or to
10 make a person to dispose of property in favor of another.
11 (b) Advertising as evidence.--Any publication contrary to
12 this section may be given in evidence to sustain the indictment.
13 (c) Competency of witnesses.--Any person whose fortune may
14 have been told shall be a competent witness against the person
15 charged with violating this section.]
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
20250HB1562PN1847 - 2 -Connected on the graph
Outbound (2)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Rules Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House 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 | Greg Scott (D, state_lower PA-54) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Ben Waxman (D, state_lower PA-182) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, state_lower PA-153) | 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 Rules Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee · pa-leg