---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of October 15, 1980 (P.L.950, No.164), known as the Commonwealth Attorneys Act, in general provisions, further providing for definitions."
description: "An Act amending the act of October 15, 1980 (P.L.950, No.164), known as the Commonwealth Attorneys Act, in general provisions, further providing for definitions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1934"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1934 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tim Briggs"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-10-08T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc20f5fe-4940-4783-a173-ec71c1b4acd8"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=60&rollcallid=1294&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "2f770830f31c692a7e07a12e70e23b84b90cb19c3dc860a25e5b8db77ccf901e"
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 1934 (2025-2026) — An Act amending the act of October 15, 1980 (P.L.950, No.164), known as the Commonwealth Attorneys Act, in general provisions, further providing for definitions.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN2433** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB1934/PN2433)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Judiciary): Reported As Committed — **26–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–2** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Reported as Committed — **13–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tim Briggs — primary (person)
- Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Frankel — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Emily Kinkead — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Hohenstein — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Kauffman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2025-11-12T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2025-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-11-24T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-12-09T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 4 of 2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc20f5fe-4940-4783-a173-ec71c1b4acd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).