republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/sb-449.md

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Bill	An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for probable cause arrests in domestic violence cases.	An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for probable cause arrests in domestic violence cases.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	SB 449	Pennsylvania SB 449 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Bartolotta	2	23	5	2017-02-27T05:00:00+00:00	2018-04-16T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/39b0fbf3-f2e1-44fc-8f2d-a74070f8ad65	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=449	cf452bca625232715b50d125197d11a4a1359e12194ee18a37cdd7fbfa81198c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 449 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for probable cause arrests in domestic violence cases.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0439 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 1424 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 187–0 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 18–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bartolotta — primary (person)
• Boscola — cosponsor (person)
• Brewster — cosponsor (person)
• Brooks — cosponsor (person)
• Browne — cosponsor (person)
• Costa — cosponsor (person)
• Gordner — cosponsor (person)
• Hughes — cosponsor (person)
• Killion — cosponsor (person)
• Mcgarrigle — cosponsor (person)
• Mensch — cosponsor (person)
• Rafferty — cosponsor (person)
• Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)
• Vogel — cosponsor (person)
• Vulakovich — cosponsor (person)
• Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Yaw — cosponsor (person)
• Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0439 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
• 2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)
• 2017-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2017-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2017-07-08T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-07-09T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 PN 1424 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2018-01-24T05:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments
• 2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2018-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2018-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-04-16T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/39b0fbf3-f2e1-44fc-8f2d-a74070f8ad65. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).