---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code, in district attorney, assistants and detectives, further providing for filling of vacancies."
description: "An Act amending the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code, in district attorney, assistants and detectives, further providing for filling of vacancies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 902"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 902 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-10-25T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-09-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f289f9f-42ab-4434-bc8c-3c26a52e53ef"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=902"
source_hash: "3010fb6fb5bbf2d227db7de7effdabf14527d91fac57aea8ba59e3fdc776e49f"
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 902 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code, in district attorney, assistants and detectives, further providing for filling of vacancies.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 1315** (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=0902&pn=1315)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Baker — primary (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Mastriano — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Scavello — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1315 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-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`
- **2019-11-22T05:00:00+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
- **2020-05-19T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-09-23T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-09-28T04:00:00+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/6f289f9f-42ab-4434-bc8c-3c26a52e53ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).