---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in inchoate crimes, further providing for prohibited offensive weapons."
description: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in inchoate crimes, further providing for prohibited offensive weapons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1929"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1929 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Causer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-09-28T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/893d397e-8749-4fbf-bf2f-cbc7385545ea"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1929"
source_hash: "fed9bd71ff694a01f4ab47b5351e3f3dde0b33d60f5cf63923f7d3f5e1b83cd9"
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 1929 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in inchoate crimes, further providing for prohibited offensive weapons.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 2197** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1929&pn=2197)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–1** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1929 PN 2197, Final Passage — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Causer — primary (person)
- Dowling — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
- Major — cosponsor (person)
- Mentzer — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalfe — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Rowe — cosponsor (person)
- Schemel — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Wheeland — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2197 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2022-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-28T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2022-09-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-09-20T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 119 of 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/893d397e-8749-4fbf-bf2f-cbc7385545ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).