An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the offense of assault by prisoner.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Dec 2019
House Passage
Dec 2019
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 29, 2019
Last action Dec 26, 2019
Floor votes · House Dec 18, 2019
How they voted
143–53
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 201
Dec 18, 2019
D
Democratic92
57% Nay
R
Republican109
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
3
Committee
5
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 2920 Reported as amended
lower
Jan 29, 2019
Committee
PN 0228 Referred to JUDICIARY
lower
1 primary · 14 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Carl Metzgar
RRepublican
Co
Donna Oberlander
RRepublican
Co
Harry Readshaw
DDemocratic
Co
Jesse Topper
RRepublican
Co
Jim Struzzi
RRepublican
Co
Kurt A. Masser
RRepublican
Co
Mark Gillen
RRepublican
Co
Mike Reese
RRepublican
Co
Neal P. Goodman
DDemocratic
Co
Pam Snyder
DDemocratic
Co
Rich Irvin
RRepublican
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