An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the offense of assault by prisoner; in sexual offenses, further providing for the offense of institutional sexual assault; and, in registration of sexual offenders, further providing for sexual offenses and tier system.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Jul 2020
House Passage
Jul 2020
Senate Passage
Jun 2020
Signed into Law
Jul 2020
Introduced Jan 29, 2019
Signed Jul 23, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Jun 30, 2020 · House Dec 18, 2019
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Jun 30, 2020
D
Democratic14
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
9
Committee
10
Jul 23, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor
lower
Jul 7, 2020
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Senate amendments
lower
Jul 7, 2020
Lower · Passed
Re-reported on concurrence, as committed
lower
Jul 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to RULES
lower
Jun 30, 2020
Upper · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
upper
Jun 30, 2020
Upper · Passed
Re-reported as committed
upper
Jun 29, 2020
Committee
Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS
upper
Jun 24, 2020
Upper · Passed
PN 4021 Reported as amended
upper
Dec 26, 2019
Committee
Referred to JUDICIARY
upper
Dec 18, 2019
Lower · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
lower
Dec 18, 2019
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
Dec 17, 2019
Committee
Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS
lower
Nov 19, 2019
Lower · Passed
PN 2919 Reported as amended
lower
Jan 29, 2019
Committee
PN 0227 Referred to JUDICIARY
lower
1 primary · 17 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Carl Metzgar
RRepublican
Co
Dave Zimmerman
RRepublican
Co
Donna Oberlander
RRepublican
Co
Harry Readshaw
DDemocratic
Co
Jesse Topper
RRepublican
Co
Jim Struzzi
RRepublican
Co
Kerry Benninghoff
RRepublican
Co
Kurt A. Masser
RRepublican
Co
Mark Gillen
RRepublican
Co
Mike Reese
RRepublican
Co
Neal P. Goodman
DDemocratic
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