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2017–2018 Regular Session

Senate Bill 916

An Act amending Titles 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 44 (Law and Justice) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in post-trial matters, further providing for postconviction DNA testing; in DNA data and testing, further providing for policy, for definitions, for powers and duties of State Police, for State DNA Data Base, for State DNA Data Bank, for State Police recommendation of additional offenses, for procedural compatibility with FBI and for DNA sample required upon conviction, delinquency adjudication and certain ARD cases, providing for collection from persons accepted from other jurisdictions and further providing for procedures for withdrawal, collection and transmission of DNA samples, for procedures for conduct, disposition and use of DNA analysis, for DNA data base exchange and for expungement.

Became law as Act 147 of 2018, signed October 24, 2018, 223 days after it was filed.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

14 co-sponsors

Camera Bartolotta, Guy Reschenthaler, John T. Yudichak, Lawrence M. Farnese Jr., Art Haywood, Elder A. Vogel Jr., James R. Brewster, Joseph B. Scarnati III, Donald C. White, Patrick M. Browne, Wayne D. Fontana, Kim L. Ward, Lisa M. Boscola, Daylin Leach

Its course

March 15 to October 24, 2018, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action26 actions on 13 days

In the SenateMar 15 to Apr 1733 days

JudiciaryMar 15 to Mar 194 days

AppropriationsMar 21 to Apr 1626 days

In the House of RepresentativesApr 17 to Oct 16182 days

JudiciaryApr 19 to Oct 9173 days

AppropriationsOct 15 to Oct 161 day

Back in the SenateOct 16 to Oct 171 day

Waiting to be sentOct 17 to Oct 181 day

With the GovernorOct 18 to Oct 246 days

Votes

Yeas to nays, as the General Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

  • Senate, third reading50–0

    Passed · Apr 17

  • House of Representatives, third reading187–3

    Passed · Oct 16

  • Senate, concurrence49–0

    Agreed to the other chamber's changes · Oct 17

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Oct 9

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the Senate Mar 15 – Apr 17

  1. Mar 15Sent to JUDICIARY
  2. Mar 19JUDICIARY recommended it
  3. Mar 21Read a second time
  4. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  5. Apr 16APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
  6. Apr 17Passed the Senate, 50 to 0

In the House of Representatives Apr 19 – Oct 16

  1. Apr 19Arrived in the House of Representatives
  2. Sent to JUDICIARY
  3. Oct 9JUDICIARY recommended it as amended
  4. Oct 15Read a second time
  5. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  6. Oct 16APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
  7. Passed the House of Representatives, 187 to 3

Back in the Senate Oct 16 – Oct 17

  1. Oct 16Returned to the Senate
  2. Sent to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS
  3. Oct 17The Senate agreed to the other chamber's changes, 49 to 0
  4. Signed in the Senate

To the Governor Oct 17 – Oct 24

  1. Oct 17Signed in the House of Representatives
  2. Oct 18Sent to the Governor
  3. Oct 24Signed by the Governor
  4. Became Act 147 of 2018
All 26 actions, as published
  1. Mar 15Referred to JUDICIARY, March 15, 2018 [Senate]Senate
  2. Mar 19Reported as committed, March 19, 2018 [Senate]Senate
  3. Mar 19First consideration, March 19, 2018 [Senate]Senate
  4. Mar 21Second consideration, March 21, 2018 [Senate]Senate
  5. Mar 21Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, March 21, 2018 [Senate]Senate
  6. Apr 16Re-reported as committed, April 16, 2018 [Senate]Senate
  7. Apr 17Third consideration and final passage, April 17, 2018 (50-0) [Senate]Senate
  8. Apr 19In the House [House]House of Representatives
  9. Apr 19Referred to JUDICIARY, April 19, 2018 [House]House of Representatives
  10. Oct 9Reported as amended, Oct. 9, 2018 [House]House of Representatives
  11. Oct 9First consideration, Oct. 9, 2018 [House]House of Representatives
  12. Oct 9Laid on the table, Oct. 9, 2018 [House]House of Representatives
  13. Oct 11Removed from table, Oct. 11, 2018 [House]House of Representatives
  14. Oct 15Second consideration, Oct. 15, 2018 [House]House of Representatives
  15. Oct 15Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, Oct. 15, 2018 [House]House of Representatives
  16. Oct 16Re-reported as committed, Oct. 16, 2018 [House]House of Representatives
  17. Oct 16Third consideration and final passage, Oct. 16, 2018 (187-3) [House]House of Representatives
  18. Oct 16In the Senate [Senate]Senate
  19. Oct 16Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, Oct. 16, 2018 [Senate]Senate
  20. Oct 17Re-reported on concurrence, as committed, Oct. 17, 2018 [Senate]Senate
  21. Oct 17Senate concurred in House amendments, Oct. 17, 2018 (49-0) [Senate]Senate
  22. Oct 17Signed in Senate, Oct. 17, 2018 [Senate]Senate
  23. Oct 17Signed in House, Oct. 17, 2018 [House]House of Representatives
  24. Oct 18Presented to the Governor, Oct. 18, 2018Governor
  25. Oct 24Approved by the Governor, Oct. 24, 2018Governor
  26. Oct 24Act No. 147Governor