republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2021-2022/hb-940.md

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Bill	An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 35 (Health and Safety), 42 (Judiciary and Judiciary Procedure) and 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in burglary and other criminal intrusion, further providing for definitions, for the offense of burglary and for the offense of criminal trespass; in cruelty to animals, further providing for police animals; in emergency medical services system, providing for injured police animals; in immunities generally, further providing for emergency response provider and bystander good Samaritan civil immunity; and, in employees, providing for canine training standards for police officers.	An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 35 (Health and Safety), 42 (Judiciary and Judiciary Procedure) and 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in burglary and other criminal intrusion, further providing for definitions, for the offense of burglary and for the offense of criminal trespass; in cruelty to animals, further providing for police animals; in emergency medical services system, providing for injured police animals; in immunities generally, further providing for emergency response provider and bystander good Samaritan civil immunity; and, in employees, providing for canine training standards for police officers.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2021-2022	HB 940	Pennsylvania HB 940 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Rigby	3	24	8	2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00	2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/49edaedc-be9a-4831-992b-0a64a92b923a	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=940	e48eaa25a3ef23304f84f667e5cd8c5a4c1f030bcb909a5a8c9a390f158165d0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 940 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 35 (Health and Safety), 42 (Judiciary and Judiciary Procedure) and 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in burglary and other criminal intrusion, further providing for definitions, for the offense of burglary and for the offense of criminal trespass; in cruelty to animals, further providing for police animals; in emergency medical services system, providing for injured police animals; in immunities generally, further providing for emergency response provider and bystander good Samaritan civil immunity; and, in employees, providing for canine training standards for police officers.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0948 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 1725 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 3285 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 940 PN 3285, Final Passage — 32–18 (pass) · upper
• HB 940 PN 948, 2021 A1468, STEPHENS — 203–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 940 PN 948, 2021 A1370, FARRY — 152–51 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Amended — 9–5 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Adopt Amendment A01892 — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 15–9 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 145–56 (pass) · lower
• HB 940 PN 3285, CONCUR — 147–53 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Rigby — primary (person)
• C. Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Causer — cosponsor (person)
• Davanzo — cosponsor (person)
• Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
• E. Nelson — cosponsor (person)
• Ecker — cosponsor (person)
• Farry — cosponsor (person)
• Gillen — cosponsor (person)
• Gregory — cosponsor (person)
• Guenst — cosponsor (person)
• Hershey — cosponsor (person)
• James — cosponsor (person)
• Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
• Kail — cosponsor (person)
• Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
• Knowles — cosponsor (person)
• Kulik — cosponsor (person)
• Masser — cosponsor (person)
• Mercuri — cosponsor (person)
• Moul — cosponsor (person)
• Oberlander — cosponsor (person)
• Polinchock — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan — cosponsor (person)
• Sainato — cosponsor (person)
• Sankey — cosponsor (person)
• Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
• Schmitt — cosponsor (person)
• Silvis — cosponsor (person)
• Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Struzzi — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas — cosponsor (person)
• Welby — cosponsor (person)
• Wheeland — cosponsor (person)
• Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0948 Referred to JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2021-05-26T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1725 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2022-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 PN 3285 Reported as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2022-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2022-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2022-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2022-07-06T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2022-07-08T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
• 2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00 Act No. 60 of 2022

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/49edaedc-be9a-4831-992b-0a64a92b923a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).