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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in wiretapping and electronic surveillance, further providing for definitions and for exceptions to prohibition of interception and disclosure of communications, providing for public access and for Department of Corrections retention policy and further providing for expiration of chapter."
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description: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in wiretapping and electronic surveillance, further providing for definitions and for exceptions to prohibition of interception and disclosure of communications, providing for public access and for Department of Corrections retention policy and further providing for expiration of chapter."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
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legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
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session: "2023-2024"
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identifier: "HB 1278"
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citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1278 (2023-2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chris Pielli"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 12
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first_action: "2023-05-30T04:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/964e0b9e-a7c0-49f2-a316-1bf894e45ece"
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source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=60&rollcallid=656&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
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source_hash: "4b1fada7ebdfdd722bf39160ceebdf2c15590b6b69a4fa0346449dba5658718e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
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---
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# Pennsylvania HB 1278 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in wiretapping and electronic surveillance, further providing for definitions and for exceptions to prohibition of interception and disclosure of communications, providing for public access and for Department of Corrections retention policy and further providing for expiration of chapter.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **House Amendment A01835** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A01835)
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2. **House Amendment A02085** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A02085)
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3. **Printer's No. PN1382** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB1278/PN1382)
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4. **Printer's No. PN1764** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB1278/PN1764)
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5. **Printer's No. PN2037** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB1278/PN2037)
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6. **Printer's No. PN2303** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB1278/PN2303)
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7. **Senate Amendment A02671** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A02671)
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## Votes
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- Committee vote (Judiciary): Report Bill As Amended — **12–9** (pass) · lower
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- CONCURRENCE — **181–22** (pass) · lower
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- A1835 — **201–1** (pass) · lower
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- Committee vote (Judiciary): Adopt Amendment — **12–9** (pass) · lower
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- FINAL PASSAGE — **110–93** (pass) · lower
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- FINAL PASSAGE — **40–8** (pass) · upper
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- A2085 — **102–100** (pass) · lower
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- Committee vote (Rules): Re-report Bill As Committed — **18–15** (pass) · lower
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- Committee vote (Judiciary): Reported as Amended — **9–5** (pass) · upper
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- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **20–4** (pass) · upper
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- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
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- Committee vote (Judiciary): Adopt Amendment — **9–5** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Chris Pielli — primary (person)
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- Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
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- David Delloso — cosponsor (person)
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- G. Roni Green — cosponsor (person)
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- Greg Scott — cosponsor (person)
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- Maureen Madden — cosponsor (person)
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- Tim Briggs — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2023-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
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- **2023-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2023-09-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2023-09-22T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
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- **2023-09-22T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
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- **2023-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
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- **2023-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2023-09-27T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2023-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2023-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2023-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
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- **2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
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- **2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
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- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
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- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
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- **2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 53 of 2023
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/964e0b9e-a7c0-49f2-a316-1bf894e45ece`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
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