---
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).