An Act amending Titles 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in recordings by law enforcement officers, further providing for definitions; in employees, further providing for definitions; and providing for automatic certification by the Municipal Police Officers' Education and Training Commission.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2021
Committee Review
Oct 2022
House Passage
Oct 2022
Senate Passage
Oct 2022
Signed into Law
Nov 2022
Introduced Oct 22, 2021
Signed Nov 3, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Oct 25, 2022 · House Jun 27, 2022
How they voted
46–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 47
Oct 25, 2022
D
Democratic20
100% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican26
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
9
Committee
8
Amendments
2
Nov 3, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor
lower
Oct 26, 2022
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Senate amendments
lower
Oct 26, 2022
Lower · Passed
Re-reported on concurrence, as committed
lower
Oct 26, 2022
Committee
Referred to RULES
lower
Oct 25, 2022
Upper · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
upper
Oct 25, 2022
Upper · Passed
Re-reported as committed
upper
Oct 24, 2022
Committee
Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS
upper
Oct 19, 2022
Upper · Passed
PN 3570 Reported as amended
upper
Jun 29, 2022
Committee
Referred to LAW AND JUSTICE
upper
Jun 27, 2022
Lower · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
lower
Jun 27, 2022
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
Jun 22, 2022
Committee
Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS
lower
May 24, 2022
Lower · Passed
PN 3147 Reported as amended
lower
Oct 22, 2021
Committee
PN 2293 Referred to JUDICIARY
lower
1 primary · 19 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Clint Owlett
RRepublican
Co
Aaron Bernstine
RRepublican
Co
Brian Smith
RRepublican
Co
Bud Cook
RRepublican
Co
Christina Sappey
DDemocratic
Co
Dan Moul
RRepublican
Co
Dan Williams
DDemocratic
Co
Danielle Otten
DDemocratic
Co
Dianne Herrin
DDemocratic
Co
Donna Oberlander
RRepublican
Co
Jack Rader
RRepublican
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