---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in burglary and other criminal intrusion, further providing for the offense of criminal trespass."
description: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in burglary and other criminal intrusion, further providing for the offense of criminal trespass."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1772"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1772 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keefer"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-08-30T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-11-27T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fc38081-0f0e-4dea-b96c-e76a65b5d20d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1772"
source_hash: "c51958534686e83bb4dc3c385a4d7cefd1a5f3ff1aa6fdbeb7a49630dad08a11"
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 1772 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in burglary and other criminal intrusion, further providing for the offense of criminal trespass.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A03083** (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=1772&pn=2363&aYear=2019&an=03083)
2. **House Amendment A03375** (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=1772&pn=2761&aYear=2019&an=03375)
3. **House Amendment A03608** (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=1772&pn=2761&aYear=2019&an=03608)
4. **Printer's No. 2363** (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=1772&pn=2363)
5. **Printer's No. 2761** (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=1772&pn=2761)
6. **Printer's No. 2821** (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=1772&pn=2821)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **199–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1772 PN 2761, 2019 A3608, MIHALEK — **198–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (GAME AND FISHERIES): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1772 PN 2761, 2019 A3608, SUSP RULES, MIHALEK — **192–6** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1772 PN 2761, 2019 A3375, PEIFER — **198–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Keefer — primary (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Caltagirone — cosponsor (person)
- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
- Ecker — cosponsor (person)
- Grove — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson-Harrell — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Knowles — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- M. K. Keller — cosponsor (person)
- Masser — cosponsor (person)
- Owlett — cosponsor (person)
- Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Rowe — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-08-30T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2363 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2761 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2821 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to GAME AND FISHERIES `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **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/0fc38081-0f0e-4dea-b96c-e76a65b5d20d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).