republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-149.md

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Bill	An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in obstructing governmental operations, providing for unlawful use of an audio or video device in court.	An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in obstructing governmental operations, providing for unlawful use of an audio or video device in court.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	HB 149	Pennsylvania HB 149 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Knowles	2	28	4	2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00	2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d508fbdb-94c2-4607-8eec-5069d1f20c34	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=149	585480d3bb5bb9bd3383e6797aaf64e3cd814773ca038a7a7334b0d4fd5b0d8a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 149 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in obstructing governmental operations, providing for unlawful use of an audio or video device in court.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0113 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 4251 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 194–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 149 PN 4251, CONCUR — 187–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Knowles — primary (person)
• A. Harris — cosponsor (person)
• B. Miller — cosponsor (person)
• Barbin — cosponsor (person)
• Boback — cosponsor (person)
• Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
• Gabler — cosponsor (person)
• Gillen — cosponsor (person)
• Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
• Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
• Kortz — cosponsor (person)
• Mcginnis — cosponsor (person)
• Ortitay — cosponsor (person)
• Pickett — cosponsor (person)
• Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
• Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
• Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
• Simmons — cosponsor (person)
• Solomon — cosponsor (person)
• V. Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0113 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
• 2018-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2018-04-25T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2018-04-25T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2018-10-02T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2018-10-02T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00 PN 4251 Amended on third consideration
• 2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d508fbdb-94c2-4607-8eec-5069d1f20c34. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).