republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2021-2022/sb-81.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 expert testimony in certain criminal proceedings.	An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in depositions and witnesses, further providing for expert testimony in certain criminal proceedings.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2021-2022	SB 81	Pennsylvania SB 81 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Langerholc	1	19	3	2021-01-22T05:00:00+00:00	2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/13595edf-ff4b-4a8e-a703-110f22c0c337	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=81	2deeccb7bf572098625bdbefd4b4f00d94d18a7c7cdd75b85c861a8c5dbd641c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 81 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in depositions and witnesses, further providing for expert testimony in certain criminal proceedings.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0059 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 201–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 81 PN 59, Final Passage — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Langerholc — primary (person)
• Baker — cosponsor (person)
• Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
• Cappelletti — cosponsor (person)
• J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
• K. Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Martin — cosponsor (person)
• Mastriano — cosponsor (person)
• Mensch — cosponsor (person)
• Muth — cosponsor (person)
• Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Santarsiero — cosponsor (person)
• Stefano — cosponsor (person)
• Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-22T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0059 Referred to JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2021-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2021-01-26T05:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2021-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2021-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2021-06-23T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2021-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
• 2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Act No. 52 of 2021

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/13595edf-ff4b-4a8e-a703-110f22c0c337. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).