---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the offense of aggravated assault."
description: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the offense of aggravated assault."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 351"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 351 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Ward"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c75cd21-bf5f-4957-bfcf-c1efd6e6a5fd"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=351"
source_hash: "62a49aae05cb1fbfc98563392a55390545cb10741625379eee1eb10be064f558"
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 351 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the offense of aggravated assault.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A05784** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0351&pn=0341&aYear=2019&an=05784)
2. **Printer's No. 0341** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0351&pn=0341)
3. **Senate Amendment A03153** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0351&pn=0341&aYear=2019&an=03153)

## Votes

- SB 351 PN 341, A3153, AMENDMENT NO. A-3153 — **22–27** (fail) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **180–21** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 351 PN 341, 2019 A5784, SCHWEYER — **95–107** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Ward — primary (person)
- Argall — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Brewster — cosponsor (person)
- Costa — cosponsor (person)
- K. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Killion — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0341 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-05-19T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-05-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-01T04:00:00+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/4c75cd21-bf5f-4957-bfcf-c1efd6e6a5fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).