---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in wiretapping and electronic surveillance, further providing for administrative subpoena."
description: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in wiretapping and electronic surveillance, further providing for administrative subpoena."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 561"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 561 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saccone"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-21T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-12-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09a45cbd-09e9-4ba2-8467-3c64d8d64a70"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=561"
source_hash: "686c9fd6c3b4dce57c2661252bb920e7d21822d14447393d48eceb39bbe032be"
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 561 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in wiretapping and electronic surveillance, further providing for administrative subpoena.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0586** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0561&pn=0586)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **194–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Saccone — primary (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Barbin — cosponsor (person)
- Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dowling — cosponsor (person)
- Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Grove — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Maloney — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Wheeland — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0586 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)
- **2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09a45cbd-09e9-4ba2-8467-3c64d8d64a70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).