republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2021-2022/sb-85.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of July 28, 1953 (P.L.723, No.230), known as the Second Class County Code, in district attorney, assistants and detectives, further providing for filling of vacancies.	An Act amending the act of July 28, 1953 (P.L.723, No.230), known as the Second Class County Code, in district attorney, assistants and detectives, further providing for filling of vacancies.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2021-2022	SB 85	Pennsylvania SB 85 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Martin	3	20	3	2021-01-22T05:00:00+00:00	2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/46e12473-0dfe-4424-944c-f5981b92c900	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=85	4bcbf6da5057e9a4611e7536564b78c295e937274e94d342c3c1e41fe089b62c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 85 (2021-2022) — An Act amending the act of July 28, 1953 (P.L.723, No.230), known as the Second Class County Code, in district attorney, assistants and detectives, further providing for filling of vacancies.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0067 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 0085 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 0141 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 181–20 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Amended — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 85 PN 141, Final Passage — 48–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Martin — primary (person)
• Argall — cosponsor (person)
• Baker — cosponsor (person)
• Browne — cosponsor (person)
• Mensch — cosponsor (person)
• Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Pittman — cosponsor (person)
• Scavello — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-22T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0067 Referred to JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2021-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0085 Reported as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2021-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0141 Amended on third consideration
• 2021-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-08T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
• 2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 Act No. 8 of 2021

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/46e12473-0dfe-4424-944c-f5981b92c900. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).