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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 490: 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.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 490 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate on March 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: 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. Primary sponsor: Devlin Robinson (Republican). It lists 9 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 1, 2025): Referred to Judiciary.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 9

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Devlin RobinsonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate37
Michele BrooksCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate50
Wayne FontanaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate42
Chris GebhardCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate48
Wayne LangerholcCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate35
Doug MastrianoCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate33
Tracy PennycuickCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate24
Pat StefanoCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate32
Elder VogelCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate47
Judy WardCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate30

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Referred to Judiciary
  2. Third consideration and final passage
  3. Second consideration
  4. First consideration
  5. Reported as committed
  6. Referred to Judiciary

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source