---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sexual offenses, providing for the offense of sexual extortion."
description: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sexual offenses, providing for the offense of sexual extortion."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1402"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1402 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nesbit"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-05-06T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-11-27T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9822c3f4-e8d8-48dd-bb06-a2ee82ecf7b5"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1402"
source_hash: "fe76fad58805d14a4a2c71d4dd06ad9be78ca0f050493a6e87c08de1bd7a170b"
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 1402 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sexual offenses, providing for the offense of sexual extortion.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A01333** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=1402&pn=1722&aYear=2019&an=01333)
2. **Printer's No. 1722** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1402&pn=1722)
3. **Printer's No. 1835** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1402&pn=1835)
4. **Printer's No. 2006** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1402&pn=2006)
5. **Printer's No. 2817** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1402&pn=2817)
6. **Senate Amendment A02654** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=1402&pn=2006&aYear=2019&an=02654)

## Votes

- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Amended — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1402 PN 2817, CONCUR — **187–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1402 PN 1835, 2019 A1533, D.MILLER — **197–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **195–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nesbit — primary (person)
- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
- Boback — cosponsor (person)
- Caltagirone — cosponsor (person)
- Daley — cosponsor (person)
- Dawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Delozier — cosponsor (person)
- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
- Donatucci — cosponsor (person)
- Dush — cosponsor (person)
- Frankel — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- Isaacson — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Kenyatta — cosponsor (person)
- Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
- Klunk — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Malagari — cosponsor (person)
- Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- Mcclinton — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Mullins — cosponsor (person)
- Murt — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Sims — cosponsor (person)
- Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- T. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Toohil — cosponsor (person)
- Topper — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1722 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1835 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2006 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2817 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2019-11-22T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-27T05:00:00+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/9822c3f4-e8d8-48dd-bb06-a2ee82ecf7b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).