---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for probable cause arrests in domestic violence cases."
description: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for probable cause arrests in domestic violence cases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 449"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 449 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartolotta"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39b0fbf3-f2e1-44fc-8f2d-a74070f8ad65"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=449"
source_hash: "cf452bca625232715b50d125197d11a4a1359e12194ee18a37cdd7fbfa81198c"
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 449 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for probable cause arrests in domestic violence cases.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0439** (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=0449&pn=0439)
2. **Printer's No. 1424** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/BI/FN/2017/0/SB0449P1424.pdf)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **187–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bartolotta — primary (person)
- Boscola — cosponsor (person)
- Brewster — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Browne — cosponsor (person)
- Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Gordner — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Killion — cosponsor (person)
- Mcgarrigle — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Rafferty — cosponsor (person)
- Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)
- Vogel — cosponsor (person)
- Vulakovich — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Yaw — cosponsor (person)
- Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0439 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)
- **2017-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-09T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** PN 1424 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-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
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-16T04:00:00+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/39b0fbf3-f2e1-44fc-8f2d-a74070f8ad65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).