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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in obstructing governmental operations, further providing for weapons or implements for escape; and, in miscellaneous provisions, further providing for contraband prohibited."
+description: "An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in obstructing governmental operations, further providing for weapons or implements for escape; and, in miscellaneous provisions, further providing for contraband prohibited."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 2476"
+citation: "Pennsylvania HB 2476 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Reed"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2018-06-08T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c78f6cea-3fc5-4828-81da-cbce901239e7"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=2476"
+source_hash: "3d2f78672a0a3fc52d259b67f2c39d68c1afc277d9d8f09f34389d1b8efbc021"
+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 2476 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in obstructing governmental operations, further providing for weapons or implements for escape; and, in miscellaneous provisions, further providing for contraband prohibited.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Printer's No. 3655** (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=2476&pn=3655)
+2. **Printer's No. 4132** (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=2476&pn=4132)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **189–2** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — **13–1** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- HB 2476 PN 3655, 2017 A9140, REED — **180–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Reed — primary (person)
+- A. Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Barbin — cosponsor (person)
+- Barrar — cosponsor (person)
+- Burns — cosponsor (person)
+- Cox — cosponsor (person)
+- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
+- Dowling — cosponsor (person)
+- Dush — cosponsor (person)
+- English — cosponsor (person)
+- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
+- Grove — cosponsor (person)
+- Haggerty — cosponsor (person)
+- Hanna — cosponsor (person)
+- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
+- Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
+- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
+- Lawrence — cosponsor (person)
+- M. K. Keller — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Quinn — cosponsor (person)
+- Marshall — cosponsor (person)
+- Metcalfe — cosponsor (person)
+- Millard — cosponsor (person)
+- Oberlander — cosponsor (person)
+- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
+- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Roae — cosponsor (person)
+- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
+- Sankey — cosponsor (person)
+- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
+- Snyder — cosponsor (person)
+- Staats — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
+- Topper — cosponsor (person)
+- Ward — cosponsor (person)
+- Warner — cosponsor (person)
+- Watson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3655 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** PN 4132 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
+- **2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2018-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2018-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-10-12T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2018-10-18T04:00:00+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/c78f6cea-3fc5-4828-81da-cbce901239e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+