republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-2476.md

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Bill	An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in obstructing governmental operations, further providing for weapons or implements for escape; and, in miscellaneous provisions, further providing for contraband prohibited.	An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in obstructing governmental operations, further providing for weapons or implements for escape; and, in miscellaneous provisions, further providing for contraband prohibited.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	HB 2476	Pennsylvania HB 2476 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Reed	2	18	4	2018-06-08T04:00:00+00:00	2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/c78f6cea-3fc5-4828-81da-cbce901239e7	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=2476	3d2f78672a0a3fc52d259b67f2c39d68c1afc277d9d8f09f34389d1b8efbc021	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 2476 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in obstructing governmental operations, further providing for weapons or implements for escape; and, in miscellaneous provisions, further providing for contraband prohibited.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 3655 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 4132 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 189–2 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — 13–1 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 2476 PN 3655, 2017 A9140, REED — 180–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Reed — primary (person)
• A. Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Barbin — cosponsor (person)
• Barrar — cosponsor (person)
• Burns — cosponsor (person)
• Cox — cosponsor (person)
• Deluca — cosponsor (person)
• Dowling — cosponsor (person)
• Dush — cosponsor (person)
• English — cosponsor (person)
• Gillen — cosponsor (person)
• Goodman — cosponsor (person)
• Grove — cosponsor (person)
• Haggerty — cosponsor (person)
• Hanna — cosponsor (person)
• Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
• Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
• Kortz — cosponsor (person)
• Lawrence — cosponsor (person)
• M. K. Keller — cosponsor (person)
• M. Quinn — cosponsor (person)
• Marshall — cosponsor (person)
• Metcalfe — cosponsor (person)
• Millard — cosponsor (person)
• Oberlander — cosponsor (person)
• Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
• Roae — cosponsor (person)
• Rothman — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan — cosponsor (person)
• Sankey — cosponsor (person)
• Saylor — cosponsor (person)
• Snyder — cosponsor (person)
• Staats — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas — cosponsor (person)
• Topper — cosponsor (person)
• Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Warner — cosponsor (person)
• Watson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-06-08T04:00:00+00:00 PN 3655 Referred to JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00 PN 4132 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-10-09T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-10-09T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-10-12T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2018-10-18T04:00:00+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/c78f6cea-3fc5-4828-81da-cbce901239e7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).