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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 912: An Act amending Title 44 (Law and Justice) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in DNA data and testing, further providing for policy, for definitions, for State DNA Data Base, for State Police recommendation of additional offenses and annual report, for DNA sample required upon conviction, delinquency adjudication and certain ARD cases, for DNA data base exchange, for expungement and for mandatory cost; and making an editorial change.

In committee 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 912 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate on July 31, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act amending Title 44 (Law and Justice) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in DNA data and testing, further providing for policy, for definitions, for State DNA Data Base, for State Police recommendation of additional offenses and annual report, for DNA sample required upon conviction, delinquency adjudication and certain ARD cases, for DNA data base exchange, for expungement and for mandatory cost; and making an editorial change. Primary sponsor: Frank Farry (Republican). It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (December 9, 2025): Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9).

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Frank FarryPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Dave ArgallCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate29
Lynda CulverCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate27
Marty FlynnCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate22
Tracy PennycuickCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate24
Joe PicozziCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate5
Pat StefanoCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate32
Elder VogelCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate47

“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. Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)
  2. First consideration
  3. Reported as committed
  4. Referred to Law & Justice

Sources

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