republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/sb-560.md

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Bill	An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in wiretapping and electronic surveillance, further providing for definitions, for exceptions to prohibition of interception and disclosure of communications, for exceptions to prohibitions in possession, sale, distribution, manufacture or advertisement of electronic, mechanical or other devices and for expiration of chapter; and providing for recordings by law enforcement officers.	An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in wiretapping and electronic surveillance, further providing for definitions, for exceptions to prohibition of interception and disclosure of communications, for exceptions to prohibitions in possession, sale, distribution, manufacture or advertisement of electronic, mechanical or other devices and for expiration of chapter; and providing for recordings by law enforcement officers.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	SB 560	Pennsylvania SB 560 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Greenleaf	5	28	23	2017-03-27T04:00:00+00:00	2017-07-07T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/c8d5695c-f207-4163-bd6f-b44a190d1c79	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=560	94c873c56f3d65bb7b63e55403032ffb25c0154520de2fb0698307ee8adcfe3c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 560 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in wiretapping and electronic surveillance, further providing for definitions, for exceptions to prohibition of interception and disclosure of communications, for exceptions to prohibitions in possession, sale, distribution, manufacture or advertisement of electronic, mechanical or other devices and for expiration of chapter; and providing for recordings by law enforcement officers.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0595 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 0614 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 0821 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. 0922 (committee substitute) — source
5. Printer's No. 0936 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 560 PN 821, FINAL PASSAGE-RECONSIDERED — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 560 PN 922, 2017 A1719, MILLER, D. — 70–116 (fail) · lower
• SB 560 PN 821, FINAL PASSAGE-RECONSIDERED — 47–1 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — 49–1 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 17–1 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 23–2 (pass) · upper
• SB 560 PN 922, 2017 A1713, MILLER, D. — 68–117 (fail) · lower
• SB 560 PN 922, 2017 A1771, MILLER, D. — 67–119 (fail) · lower
• SB 560 PN 922, 2017 A1732, MILLER, D. — 68–118 (fail) · lower
• SB 560 PN 922, 2017 A1736, MILLER, D. — 58–127 (fail) · lower
• SB 560 PN 922, 2017 A1769, MARSICO — 172–14 (pass) · lower
• SB 560 PN 922, 2017 A1749, MILLER, D. — 57–127 (fail) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 185–9 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 560 PN 922, 2017 A1717, MILLER, D. — 71–115 (fail) · lower
• SB 560 PN 922, 2017 A1733, MILLER, D. — 67–119 (fail) · lower
• SB 560 PN 922, 2017 A1737, MILLER, D. — 70–114 (fail) · lower
• SB 560 PN 922, 2017 A1747, MILLER, D. — 51–133 (fail) · lower
• SB 560 PN 922, 2017 A1740, MILLER, D. — 62–122 (fail) · lower
• SB 560 PN 614, A1144, GREENLEAF AMENDMENT NO. A-1144 — 40–10 (pass) · upper
• SB 560 PN 922, 2017 A1714, MILLER, D. — 74–112 (fail) · lower
• SB 560 PN 922, 2017 A1768, DEAN — 149–37 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Amended — 14–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Greenleaf — primary (person)
• Brewster — cosponsor (person)
• Brooks — cosponsor (person)
• Browne — cosponsor (person)
• Costa — cosponsor (person)
• Haywood — cosponsor (person)
• Mcgarrigle — cosponsor (person)
• Mensch — cosponsor (person)
• Rafferty — cosponsor (person)
• Reschenthaler — cosponsor (person)
• Schwank — cosponsor (person)
• Vulakovich — cosponsor (person)
• Ward — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0595 Referred to JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2017-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0614 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2017-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-04-18T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0821 Amended on third consideration
• 2017-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 Vote on final passage reconsidered
• 2017-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 Final passage passage
• 2017-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 Vote on final passage reconsidered
• 2017-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 Final passage passage
• 2017-05-18T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2017-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0922 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2017-06-08T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2017-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0936 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2017-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2017-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments
• 2017-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2017-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2017-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-07-07T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c8d5695c-f207-4163-bd6f-b44a190d1c79. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).