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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 30 (Fish), 34 (Game), 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in wiretapping and electronic surveillance, further providing for definitions and repealing provisions relating to public access; in enforcement relating to fish, further providing for powers and duties of waterways conservation officers and deputies; in enforcement relating to game, further providing for powers and duties of enforcement officers; in recordings by law enforcement officers, further providing for definitions and for audio recording or video recording policies; in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, further providing for powers and duties of Department of Corrections; and making transfers between the State Gaming Fund and certain restricted accounts."
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description: "An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 30 (Fish), 34 (Game), 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in wiretapping and electronic surveillance, further providing for definitions and repealing provisions relating to public access; in enforcement relating to fish, further providing for powers and duties of waterways conservation officers and deputies; in enforcement relating to game, further providing for powers and duties of enforcement officers; in recordings by law enforcement officers, further providing for definitions and for audio recording or video recording policies; in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, further providing for powers and duties of Department of Corrections; and making transfers between the State Gaming Fund and certain restricted accounts."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
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legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
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session: "2025-2026"
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identifier: "SB 520"
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citation: "Pennsylvania SB 520 (2025-2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lisa Baker"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-03-26T04:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-11-24T05:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6aedd20-2ab9-4c10-8421-a8cbb37889f3"
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source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=60&rollcallid=1072&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0"
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source_hash: "6de83974f63492bbb1f677c37565ebf82e9ce21ecd2e941b2b51a4efd2868dd3"
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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 SB 520 (2025-2026) — An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 30 (Fish), 34 (Game), 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in wiretapping and electronic surveillance, further providing for definitions and repealing provisions relating to public access; in enforcement relating to fish, further providing for powers and duties of waterways conservation officers and deputies; in enforcement relating to game, further providing for powers and duties of enforcement officers; in recordings by law enforcement officers, further providing for definitions and for audio recording or video recording policies; in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, further providing for powers and duties of Department of Corrections; and making transfers between the State Gaming Fund and certain restricted accounts.
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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. **Printer's No. PN0489** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/SB0520/PN0489)
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2. **Printer's No. PN1008** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/SB0520/PN1008)
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3. **Printer's No. PN1010** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/SB0520/PN1010)
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## Votes
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- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
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- Committee vote (Judiciary): Report Bill As Committed — **22–4** (pass) · lower
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- Committee vote (Appropriations): Adopt Amendment — **22–0** (pass) · upper
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- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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- FINAL PASSAGE — **203–0** (pass) · lower
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- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Amended — **17–5** (pass) · upper
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- Committee vote (Judiciary): Reported as Committed — **13–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Lisa Baker — primary (person)
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- Camera Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
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- Cris Dush — cosponsor (person)
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- Devlin Robinson — cosponsor (person)
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- Jay Costa — cosponsor (person)
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- John Kane — cosponsor (person)
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- Judith Schwank — cosponsor (person)
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- Judy Ward — cosponsor (person)
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- Nick Miller — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick Stefano — cosponsor (person)
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- Rosemary Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Tracy Pennycuick — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
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- **2025-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Amended on third consideration `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2025-07-14T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
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- **2025-07-14T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
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- **2025-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
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- **2025-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
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- **2025-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2025-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2025-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
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- **2025-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
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- **2025-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-11-24T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-11-24T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 53 of 2025
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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/f6aedd20-2ab9-4c10-8421-a8cbb37889f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
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