republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/sb-1127.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 62 (Procurement) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in wiretapping and electronic surveillance, further providing for order authorizing interception of wire, electronic or oral communications; in trade and commerce, further providing for buying or exchanging Federal food order coupons, stamps, authorization cards or access devices and for fraudulent traffic in food orders; and, in source selection and contract formation, further providing for debarment or suspension."
description: "An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 62 (Procurement) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in wiretapping and electronic surveillance, further providing for order authorizing interception of wire, electronic or oral communications; in trade and commerce, further providing for buying or exchanging Federal food order coupons, stamps, authorization cards or access devices and for fraudulent traffic in food orders; and, in source selection and contract formation, further providing for debarment or suspension."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 1127"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 1127 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aument"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-04-11T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/254054bb-7bd8-4f04-b0c2-dbe63508488f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=1127"
source_hash: "d43ba2fddf9dc141411d9cad411dd84f5f5f99be67eb9c76037d132008b79ac0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
---

# Pennsylvania SB 1127 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 62 (Procurement) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in wiretapping and electronic surveillance, further providing for order authorizing interception of wire, electronic or oral communications; in trade and commerce, further providing for buying or exchanging Federal food order coupons, stamps, authorization cards or access devices and for fraudulent traffic in food orders; and, in source selection and contract formation, further providing for debarment or suspension.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 1643** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=1127&pn=1643)
2. **Printer's No. 1827** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=1127&pn=1827)

## Votes

- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **166–24** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aument — primary (person)
- Argall — cosponsor (person)
- Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
- Boscola — cosponsor (person)
- Browne — cosponsor (person)
- Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Folmer — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)
- Killion — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Rafferty — cosponsor (person)
- Regan — cosponsor (person)
- Reschenthaler — cosponsor (person)
- Scavello — cosponsor (person)
- Schwank — cosponsor (person)
- Stefano — cosponsor (person)
- Vogel — cosponsor (person)
- Vulakovich — cosponsor (person)
- Wagner — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1643 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1827 Amended on third consideration
- **2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-10-11T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/254054bb-7bd8-4f04-b0c2-dbe63508488f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).