An Act amending Titles 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 44 (Law and Justice) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in post-trial matters, further providing for postconviction DNA testing; and, in DNA data and testing, further providing for policy, for definitions, for powers and duties of State Police, for State DNA Data Base, for State DNA Data Bank, for State Police recommendation of additional offenses, for procedural compatibility with FBI and for DNA sample required upon conviction, delinquency adjudication and certain ARD cases, providing for collection from persons accepted from other jurisdictions and further providing for procedures for withdrawal, collection and transmission of DNA samples, for procedures for conduct, disposition and use of DNA analysis, for DNA data base exchange and for expungement..
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2018
Committee Review
Oct 2018
House Passage
Oct 2018
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced May 2, 2018
Last action Oct 16, 2018
Floor votes · House Oct 10, 2018
How they voted
187–3
Passed
Total votes 190
Oct 10, 2018
D
Democratic76
96% Yea
R
Republican114
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
1
Committee
7
Oct 16, 2018
Senate · Referred to committee
Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS
Oct 15, 2018
Senate · Reported by committee
Reported as committed
Oct 12, 2018
Senate · Referred to committee
Referred to JUDICIARY
Oct 10, 2018
House · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
Oct 10, 2018
House · Reported by committee
Re-reported as committed
Oct 9, 2018
House · Referred to committee
Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS
Sep 25, 2018
House · Reported by committee
PN 4068 Reported as amended
May 2, 2018
House · Referred to committee
PN 3479 Referred to JUDICIARY
1 primary · 12 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Tedd C. Nesbit
RRepublican
Co
Aaron Bernstine
RRepublican
Co
Carol Hill-Evans
DDemocratic
Co
Dan Moul
RRepublican
Co
Eddie Pashinski
DDemocratic
Co
Harry Readshaw
DDemocratic
Co
Jared Solomon
DDemocratic
Co
Joanna McClinton
DDemocratic
Co
Mark Gillen
RRepublican
Co
Mary Jo Daley
DDemocratic
Co
Mike Schlossberg
DDemocratic
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