republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2019-2020/sb-479.md

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Bill	An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in depositions and witnesses, further providing for admissibility of certain statements.	An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in depositions and witnesses, further providing for admissibility of certain statements.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2019-2020	SB 479	Pennsylvania SB 479 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Baker	1	20	4	2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00	2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/0a4abdd3-b3d6-4ce8-884d-87781e2b76c8	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=479	26d38c890ef4fe811901b68c4777e9a9f89032dad05d673a6f0a6da8a2fe2a46	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 479 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in depositions and witnesses, further providing for admissibility of certain statements.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0498 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 47–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 199–1 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 23–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Baker — primary (person)
• Brewster — cosponsor (person)
• Folmer — cosponsor (person)
• Fontana — cosponsor (person)
• J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
• K. Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Killion — cosponsor (person)
• Martin — cosponsor (person)
• Mensch — cosponsor (person)
• Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Santarsiero — cosponsor (person)
• Schwank — cosponsor (person)
• Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0498 Referred to JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2019-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2019-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0a4abdd3-b3d6-4ce8-884d-87781e2b76c8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).