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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 686: An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in falsification and intimidation, further providing for the offense of tampering with public records or information.

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 686 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate on April 28, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in falsification and intimidation, further providing for the offense of tampering with public records or information. Primary sponsor: Cris Dush (Republican). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (December 15, 2025): Re-referred to Commerce.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Cris DushPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate25
Jarrett ColemanCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate16
Kristin Phillips-HillCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate28
Greg RothmanCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate34
Pat StefanoCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate32
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. Re-referred to Commerce
  2. Reported with request to re-refer to Commerce
  3. Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs & Operations
  4. Third consideration and final passage
  5. Second consideration
  6. First consideration
  7. Reported as amended
  8. Referred to State Government

Sources

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