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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in depositions and witnesses, further providing for expert testimony in certain criminal proceedings."
+description: "An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in depositions and witnesses, further providing for expert testimony in certain criminal proceedings."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "SB 81"
+citation: "Pennsylvania SB 81 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Langerholc"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-01-22T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13595edf-ff4b-4a8e-a703-110f22c0c337"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=81"
+source_hash: "2deeccb7bf572098625bdbefd4b4f00d94d18a7c7cdd75b85c861a8c5dbd641c"
+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 SB 81 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in depositions and witnesses, further providing for expert testimony in certain criminal proceedings.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Printer's No. 0059** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0081&pn=0059)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper
+- SB 81 PN 59, Final Passage — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Langerholc — primary (person)
+- Baker — cosponsor (person)
+- Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
+- Cappelletti — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
+- K. Ward — cosponsor (person)
+- Martin — cosponsor (person)
+- Mastriano — cosponsor (person)
+- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
+- Muth — cosponsor (person)
+- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
+- Santarsiero — cosponsor (person)
+- Stefano — cosponsor (person)
+- Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0059 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2021-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2021-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2021-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2021-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2021-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 52 of 2021
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13595edf-ff4b-4a8e-a703-110f22c0c337`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+