---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in criminal history record information, providing for crime victim right of access."
description: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in criminal history record information, providing for crime victim right of access."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2525"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 2525 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kaufer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2a4f9d3-0638-4771-a4b0-ea19fe456f36"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=2525"
source_hash: "2052d02de8927cff67aec9252c451d3736da12e266c7be8b0938bac9167a20b7"
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 2525 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in criminal history record information, providing for crime victim right of access.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 2936** (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=2525&pn=2936)
2. **Printer's No. 2979** (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=2525&pn=2979)
3. **Printer's No. 3286** (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=2525&pn=3286)
4. **Printer's No. 3586** (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=2525&pn=3586)

## Votes

- HB 2525 PN 3586, Final Passage — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Adopt Amendment A05097 — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Amended — **13–1** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Amended — **22–1** (pass) · upper
- HB 2525 PN 3586, CONCURRENCE — **185–14** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Adopt Amendment A04933 — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **160–43** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kaufer — primary (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Moul — cosponsor (person)
- Welby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2936 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2979 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-04-12T04:00:00+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** PN 3286 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3586 Re-reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 134 of 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2a4f9d3-0638-4771-a4b0-ea19fe456f36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).