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Bill	An Act amending the act of December 22, 2005 (P.L.474, No.94), known as the Breach of Personal Information Notification Act, further providing for title of act, for definitions and for notification of breach; prohibiting employees of the Commonwealth from using nonsecured Internet connections; providing for data storage policy and for entities subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996; and further providing for notice exemption and for applicability.	An Act amending the act of December 22, 2005 (P.L.474, No.94), known as the Breach of Personal Information Notification Act, further providing for title of act, for definitions and for notification of breach; prohibiting employees of the Commonwealth from using nonsecured Internet connections; providing for data storage policy and for entities subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996; and further providing for notice exemption and for applicability.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2021-2022	SB 696	Pennsylvania SB 696 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Laughlin	5	33	9	2021-05-19T04:00:00+00:00	2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/8079e48f-7bc1-44d7-8829-3285eb12f09c	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=696	4a6ce157ee64660b70dffa6366fa076817ce31e78a6202b101275a96700c2331	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 696 (2021-2022) — An Act amending the act of December 22, 2005 (P.L.474, No.94), known as the Breach of Personal Information Notification Act, further providing for title of act, for definitions and for notification of breach; prohibiting employees of the Commonwealth from using nonsecured Internet connections; providing for data storage policy and for entities subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996; and further providing for notice exemption and for applicability.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0775 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 0793 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 1330 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. 1779 (committee substitute) — source
5. Printer's No. 2007 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 696 PN 1779, 2021 A5644 — 200–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 199–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 16–8 (pass) · upper
• SB 696 PN 2007, Concurrence in House Amendments — 47–1 (pass) · upper
• SB 696 PN 1330, Final Passage — 32–17 (pass) · upper
• SB 696 PN 793, 2021 A3451, PHILLIPS-HILL Amendment No. A-3451 — 43–6 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY): Reported as Amended — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 696 PN 2007, Concur in House Amendments - Reconsidered — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 17–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Laughlin — primary (person)
• Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
• Brooks — cosponsor (person)
• Haywood — cosponsor (person)
• J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Stefano — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-05-19T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0775 Referred to COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY referral-committee
• 2021-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0793 Reported as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2021-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2021-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2021-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-10-18T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2021-10-18T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00 PN 1330 Amended on third consideration
• 2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT referral-committee
• 2022-06-15T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1779 Reported as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2022-06-15T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2022-06-15T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2022-09-19T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2022-09-19T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2022-10-24T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2022-10-25T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2007 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2022-10-25T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS referral-committee
• 2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments
• 2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00 Vote on concurrence reconsidered
• 2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments
• 2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2022-10-27T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
• 2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00 Act No. 151 of 2022

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8079e48f-7bc1-44d7-8829-3285eb12f09c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).