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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in limitation of time, further providing for twenty year limitation."
+description: "An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in limitation of time, further providing for twenty year limitation."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 1979"
+citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1979 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Schemel"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2017-12-21T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4b57b21-3f7b-4f99-b8b5-6087b731ed77"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1979"
+source_hash: "792ba665705cf705375fdebcac8b77f0be569b44ee005c05ab6b7274612407f2"
+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 1979 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in limitation of time, further providing for twenty year limitation.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Printer's No. 2837** (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=1979&pn=2837)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **193–0** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Schemel — primary (person)
+- Briggs — cosponsor (person)
+- English — cosponsor (person)
+- Godshall — cosponsor (person)
+- Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
+- Kampf — cosponsor (person)
+- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
+- Mcginnis — cosponsor (person)
+- Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
+- Ward — cosponsor (person)
+- Warren — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-12-21T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2837 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2018-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2018-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-06-25T04:00:00+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/a4b57b21-3f7b-4f99-b8b5-6087b731ed77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+