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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in obstructing governmental operations, providing for unlawful use of an audio or video device in court."
+description: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in obstructing governmental operations, providing for unlawful use of an audio or video device in court."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 149"
+citation: "Pennsylvania HB 149 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Knowles"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d508fbdb-94c2-4607-8eec-5069d1f20c34"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=149"
+source_hash: "585480d3bb5bb9bd3383e6797aaf64e3cd814773ca038a7a7334b0d4fd5b0d8a"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
+---
+
+# Pennsylvania HB 149 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in obstructing governmental operations, providing for unlawful use of an audio or video device in court.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Printer's No. 0113** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0149&pn=0113)
+2. **Printer's No. 4251** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0149&pn=4251)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **194–0** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- HB 149 PN 4251, CONCUR — **187–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Knowles — primary (person)
+- A. Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- B. Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- Barbin — cosponsor (person)
+- Boback — cosponsor (person)
+- Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
+- Gabler — cosponsor (person)
+- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
+- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
+- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
+- Mcginnis — cosponsor (person)
+- Ortitay — cosponsor (person)
+- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
+- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
+- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
+- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
+- Solomon — cosponsor (person)
+- V. Brown — cosponsor (person)
+- Ward — cosponsor (person)
+- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0113 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2017-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2017-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2017-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2017-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2017-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2018-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2018-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2018-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2018-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2018-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** PN 4251 Amended on third consideration
+- **2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
+- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d508fbdb-94c2-4607-8eec-5069d1f20c34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+