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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 23 (Domestic Relations) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the offense of stalking; in wiretapping and electronic surveillance, further providing for definitions; in child custody, further providing for consideration of criminal conviction; in domestic and sexual violence victim address confidentiality, further providing for penalties; and, in sentencing, further providing for sentences for second and subsequent offenses."
description: "An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 23 (Domestic Relations) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the offense of stalking; in wiretapping and electronic surveillance, further providing for definitions; in child custody, further providing for consideration of criminal conviction; in domestic and sexual violence victim address confidentiality, further providing for penalties; and, in sentencing, further providing for sentences for second and subsequent offenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 275"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 275 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Ward"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-05T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80814cbc-23e8-4325-b1ab-4608e22837df"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=275"
source_hash: "7e0c9f138fb3c15f227bb9eb999ae2a21693822c64f994c940b7ab03a8ba577f"
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 275 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 23 (Domestic Relations) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the offense of stalking; in wiretapping and electronic surveillance, further providing for definitions; in child custody, further providing for consideration of criminal conviction; in domestic and sexual violence victim address confidentiality, further providing for penalties; and, in sentencing, further providing for sentences for second and subsequent offenses.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Printer's No. 0226** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0275&pn=0226)
2. **Printer's No. 0694** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0275&pn=0694)
3. **Senate Amendment A00888** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0275&pn=0226&aYear=2019&an=00888)
## Votes
- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Amended — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- J. Ward — primary (person)
- Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
- Brewster — cosponsor (person)
- Browne — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Muth — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Santarsiero — cosponsor (person)
- Schwank — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0226 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0694 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-05-27T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-05-27T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-05T04:00:00+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/80814cbc-23e8-4325-b1ab-4608e22837df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).