PA SB 490

in committee

An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in bonds and recognizances, providing for bail of persons posing threat to public safety.

Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session (209th General Assembly) · upper

Quick answers

Did PA SB 490 pass?

Not yet. PA SB 490 is in committee as of 2025-04-01 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-04-01): Referred to Judiciary

What is PA SB 490 about?

PA SB 490 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session (209th General Assembly) titled “An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in bonds and recognizances, providing for bail of persons posing threat to public safety.”.

Who sponsors PA SB 490?

Devlin Robinson is the primary sponsor of PA SB 490, joined by 9 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2025-04-01 — Referred to Judiciary
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-03-20
Referred to Judiciary
referral-committee
2025-03-25
Reported as committed
committee-passage
2025-03-25
First consideration
reading-1
2025-03-26
Second consideration
reading-2
2025-03-31
Third consideration and final passage
passage,reading-3
2025-04-01
Referred to Judiciary
referral-committee

Versions

Printer's No. PN0444Compare

Documents

Votes

Committee vote (Judiciary): Reported as Committed
2025-03-25 · pass · 9-5
Member-level votes (14)
- Camera Bartolotta: yes
- Rosemary Brown: yes
- Cris Dush: yes
- Wayne Langerholc: yes
- Doug Mastriano: yes
- Tracy Pennycuick: yes
- Gene Yaw: yes
- Kim Ward: yes
- Lisa Baker: yes
- Amanda Cappelletti: no
- Maria Collett: no
- Art Haywood: no
- Steven Santarsiero: no
- Nikil Saval: no
FINAL PASSAGE
2025-03-31 · pass · 32-17
Member-level votes (49)
- David Argall: yes
- Lisa Baker: yes
- Camera Bartolotta: yes
- Lisa Boscola: yes
- Michele Brooks: yes
- Rosemary Brown: yes
- Amanda Cappelletti: no
- Jarrett Coleman: yes
- Maria Collett: no
- Carolyn Comitta: no
- Jay Costa: no
- Lynda Schlegel Culver: yes
- Cris Dush: yes
- Frank Farry: yes
- Marty Flynn: yes
- Wayne Fontana: no
- Chris Gebhard: yes
- Art Haywood: no
- Vincent Hughes: no
- Scott Hutchinson: yes
- John Kane: no
- Timothy Kearney: no
- Dawn Keefer: yes
- Patty Kim: no
- Wayne Langerholc: yes
- Daniel Laughlin: yes
- Scott Martin: yes
- Doug Mastriano: yes
- Nick Miller: yes
- Katie Muth: no
- Tracy Pennycuick: yes
- Kristin Phillips-Hill: yes
- Joe Picozzi: yes
- Nick Pisciottano: yes
- Joe Pittman: yes
- Devlin Robinson: yes
- Greg Rothman: yes
- Steven Santarsiero: no
- Nikil Saval: no
- Judith Schwank: yes
- Patrick Stefano: yes
- Sharif Street: no
- Christine Tartaglione: no
- Elder Vogel: yes
- Judy Ward: yes
- Kim Ward: yes
- Anthony Williams: no
- Lindsey Williams: no
- Gene Yaw: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://www.palegis.us/senate/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=39&rollcallid=66&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0

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