---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in open meetings, further providing for executive sessions."
description: "An Act amending Title 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in open meetings, further providing for executive sessions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 1078"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 1078 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tomlinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe723ee9-93a7-4537-899c-df8b6096e431"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=1078"
source_hash: "1c08040844c157dda37884d8c8d7cc45cb5a4ba6d00b08d647e9ab7a953cce2b"
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 1078 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in open meetings, further providing for executive sessions.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Printer's No. 1560** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=1078&pn=1560)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (STATE GOVERNMENT): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **177–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tomlinson — primary (person)
- Argall — cosponsor (person)
- Aument — cosponsor (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
- Browne — cosponsor (person)
- Dinniman — cosponsor (person)
- Eichelberger — cosponsor (person)
- Folmer — cosponsor (person)
- Killion — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Rafferty — cosponsor (person)
- Regan — cosponsor (person)
- Reschenthaler — cosponsor (person)
- Scarnati — cosponsor (person)
- Stefano — cosponsor (person)
- Vogel — cosponsor (person)
- Vulakovich — cosponsor (person)
- Wagner — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Yaw — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1560 Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `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
- **2018-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-10-10T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-10-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-11T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-11T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-10-12T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+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/fe723ee9-93a7-4537-899c-df8b6096e431`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).