---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for when prosecution barred by former prosecution for different offense."
description: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for when prosecution barred by former prosecution for different offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 588"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 588 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gordner"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d53c8621-de13-4f27-b6da-de8fc88c9535"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=588"
source_hash: "2c44587557d980facd8c50c058cf17a7ca079cacc8c2f8dfd4261c815b2fa532"
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 588 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for when prosecution barred by former prosecution for different offense.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0648** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0588&pn=0648)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **183–17** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — **12–1** (pass) · upper
- SB 588 PN 648, Final Passage — **46–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gordner — primary (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0648 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2022-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-07-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-07-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-07-06T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+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. 85 of 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d53c8621-de13-4f27-b6da-de8fc88c9535`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).