republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-561.md

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Bill	An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in wiretapping and electronic surveillance, further providing for administrative subpoena.	An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in wiretapping and electronic surveillance, further providing for administrative subpoena.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	HB 561	Pennsylvania HB 561 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Saccone	1	20	3	2017-02-21T05:00:00+00:00	2017-12-22T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/09a45cbd-09e9-4ba2-8467-3c64d8d64a70	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=561	686c9fd6c3b4dce57c2661252bb920e7d21822d14447393d48eceb39bbe032be	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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

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; origin ocd-bill/09a45cbd-09e9-4ba2-8467-3c64d8d64a70. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).