---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in forgery and fraudulent practices, providing for the offense of digital forgery."
description: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in forgery and fraudulent practices, providing for the offense of digital forgery."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 649"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 649 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tracy Pennycuick"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-07-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3c1fff0-ca3f-4775-9565-64ed98d2fadf"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=60&rollcallid=821&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "42cb690f8d9822520b0794a775f0afcff5d062884693ecd29f4782e5f1abf0f9"
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 649 (2025-2026) — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in forgery and fraudulent practices, providing for the offense of digital forgery.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN0705** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/SB0649/PN0705)
2. **Printer's No. PN0920** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/SB0649/PN0920)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Judiciary): Report Bill As Committed — **25–1** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **199–3** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- PENNYCUICK AMENDMENT NO. A-0963 — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Reported as Committed — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tracy Pennycuick — primary (person)
- Christine Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Laughlin — cosponsor (person)
- Devlin Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Elder Vogel — cosponsor (person)
- John Kane — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Nick Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Nick Pisciottano — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Stefano — cosponsor (person)
- Rosemary Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne Fontana — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2025-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2025-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 35 of 2025

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3c1fff0-ca3f-4775-9565-64ed98d2fadf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).