---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sexual offenses, further providing for the offense of sexual extortion."
description: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sexual offenses, further providing for the offense of sexual extortion."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2271"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 2271 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tomlinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36a4d899-5596-467c-9aed-abac2b617852"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=2271"
source_hash: "3cfc34b4cef7d1a4a539d7802afb30a7522101758c5fd87bd147e47e5e3a5012"
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 2271 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sexual offenses, further providing for the offense of sexual extortion.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 2634** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=2271&pn=2634)

## Votes

- HB 2271 PN 2634, Final Passage — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **180–23** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — **13–1** (pass) · upper
- HB 2271 PN 2634, Final Passage-Reconsidered — **48–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tomlinson — primary (person)
- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
- Boback — cosponsor (person)
- C. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
- Davanzo — cosponsor (person)
- Farry — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Helm — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Moul — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Polinchock — cosponsor (person)
- Rossi — cosponsor (person)
- Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
- Staats — cosponsor (person)
- Struzzi — cosponsor (person)
- T. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Topper — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2634 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2022-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-28T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-07-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-07-06T04:00:00+00:00** Vote on final passage reconsidered
- **2022-07-06T04:00:00+00:00** Final passage `passage`
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 75 of 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36a4d899-5596-467c-9aed-abac2b617852`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).