---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code, in district attorney, assistants and detectives, further providing for district attorney, qualifications, eligibility and compensation."
description: "An Act amending the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code, in district attorney, assistants and detectives, further providing for district attorney, qualifications, eligibility and compensation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 420"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 420 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yaw"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-11-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4f8fa56-9be8-494a-979f-df43e1bac00e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=420"
source_hash: "dc253a69c5fd28f5d6f841aa172c605ff997046cae55cf7541c93a8a5ec11b00"
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 420 (2021-2022) — An Act amending the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code, in district attorney, assistants and detectives, further providing for district attorney, qualifications, eligibility and compensation.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0419** (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=0420&pn=0419)
2. **Printer's No. 0487** (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=0420&pn=0487)
3. **Printer's No. 1110** (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=0420&pn=1110)

## Votes

- SB 420 PN 1110, Concur in House Amendments — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Amended — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 420 PN 487, Motion to Agree to the Bill on Second Consideration — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **197–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 420 PN 487, Final Passage — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Yaw — primary (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Gordner — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Vogel — cosponsor (person)
- Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0419 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0487 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1110 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2021-10-06T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2021-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2021-11-08T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2021-11-08T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2021-11-09T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-11-17T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-11-17T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 88 of 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4f8fa56-9be8-494a-979f-df43e1bac00e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).