Pennsylvania 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Passed House 3 R cosponsors

HB 280 — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in bonds and recognizances, further providing for bail to be governed by general rules.

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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

22 added · 23 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to Bill HB 280 specifies that if a defendant or a third party deposits cash bail, any funds returned may be used to cover the defendant's restitution, fees, fines, and costs, unless the depositor can prove undue hardship. Additionally, the effective date of the bill has changed from 180 days to 60 days after it passes. This matters because it ensures the system can more quickly recoup funds owed by defendants, while also providing protection for those who may struggle financially if the bail is used against them.

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238 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE BILL Session of No.
369 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE BILL Session of No.
280 2017 INTRODUCED BY DELOZIER, MARSICO, BLOOM, A.
280 2017 INTRODUCED BY DELOZIER, MARSICO, A.
HARRIS, JAMES, KEEFER, PEIFER AND STEPHENS, JANUARY 31, 2017 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 31, 2017 AN ACT Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in bonds and recognizances, further providing for bail to be governed by general rules.
HARRIS, JAMES, KEEFER, PEIFER AND STEPHENS, JANUARY 31, 2017 AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, FEBRUARY 7, 2017 AN ACT Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in bonds and recognizances, further providing for bail to be governed by general rules.
This act shall take effect in 60 180 days.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Action History

  1. Laid on the table

  2. Removed from table

  3. Laid on the table

  4. Removed from table

  5. Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)

  6. PN 2220 Amended on third consideration

  7. Second consideration

  8. First consideration

  9. Reported as committed

  10. Referred to JUDICIARY

  11. Third consideration and final passage

  12. Re-reported as committed

  13. Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS

  14. Second consideration

  15. Removed from table

  16. Laid on the table

  17. First consideration

  18. PN 0369 Reported as amended

  19. PN 0238 Referred to JUDICIARY

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1 sponsors · 8 co-sponsors · 244 not signed on · 29 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (8)

Not signed on (244)

244 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

HB 280 PN 369, A2840, GREENLEAF AMENDMENT NO. A-2840 RECONSIDERED

Passed 48 Yea · 1 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 28100
Republican 12001
Democratic 8000
Total 48101
% of votes cast 96%2%0%2%
How each member voted (50)
Member Party Vote
ALLOWAY — Yea
AUMENT — Yea
BLAKE — Yea
BREWSTER — Yea
BROWNE — Yea
CORMAN — Yea
DINNIMAN — Yea
DISANTO — Yea
EICHELBERGER — Yea
FARNESE — Yea
FOLMER — Yea
GORDNER — Yea
GREENLEAF — Yea
KILLION — Yea
LEACH — Yea
MCGARRIGLE — Yea
MCILHINNEY — Yea
MENSCH — Yea
RAFFERTY — Yea
REGAN — Nay
RESCHENTHALER — Yea
SABATINA — Yea
SCARNATI — Yea
SCAVELLO — Yea
VULAKOVICH — Yea
WAGNER — Yea
WARD — Yea
WILLIAMS — Yea
YUDICHAK — Yea
Art Haywood Democratic Yea
Christine M. Tartaglione Democratic Yea
Jay Costa Democratic Yea
Judith L. Schwank Democratic Yea
Lisa M. Boscola Democratic Yea
Sharif Street Democratic Yea
Vincent J. Hughes Democratic Yea
Wayne D. Fontana Democratic Yea
Camera Bartolotta Republican Yea
Daniel Laughlin Republican Yea
David G. Argall Republican Yea
Elder A. Vogel Republican Yea
Gene Yaw Republican Yea
Kathleen C. Tomlinson Republican Yea
Lisa Baker Republican Yea
Martina A. White Republican Yea
Michele Brooks Republican Yea
Patrick J. Stefano Republican Yea
Scott E. Hutchinson Republican Yea
Scott Martin Republican Yea
Wayne Langerholc Republican Not Voting

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HB 280 PN 369, A2840, GREENLEAF AMENDMENT NO. A-2840

Passed 49 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 29000
Republican 12001
Democratic 8000
Total 49001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (50)
Member Party Vote
ALLOWAY — Yea
AUMENT — Yea
BLAKE — Yea
BREWSTER — Yea
BROWNE — Yea
CORMAN — Yea
DINNIMAN — Yea
DISANTO — Yea
EICHELBERGER — Yea
FARNESE — Yea
FOLMER — Yea
GORDNER — Yea
GREENLEAF — Yea
KILLION — Yea
LEACH — Yea
MCGARRIGLE — Yea
MCILHINNEY — Yea
MENSCH — Yea
RAFFERTY — Yea
REGAN — Yea
RESCHENTHALER — Yea
SABATINA — Yea
SCARNATI — Yea
SCAVELLO — Yea
VULAKOVICH — Yea
WAGNER — Yea
WARD — Yea
WILLIAMS — Yea
YUDICHAK — Yea
Art Haywood Democratic Yea
Christine M. Tartaglione Democratic Yea
Jay Costa Democratic Yea
Judith L. Schwank Democratic Yea
Lisa M. Boscola Democratic Yea
Sharif Street Democratic Yea
Vincent J. Hughes Democratic Yea
Wayne D. Fontana Democratic Yea
Camera Bartolotta Republican Yea
Daniel Laughlin Republican Yea
David G. Argall Republican Yea
Elder A. Vogel Republican Yea
Gene Yaw Republican Yea
Kathleen C. Tomlinson Republican Yea
Lisa Baker Republican Yea
Martina A. White Republican Yea
Michele Brooks Republican Yea
Patrick J. Stefano Republican Yea
Scott E. Hutchinson Republican Yea
Scott Martin Republican Yea
Wayne Langerholc Republican Not Voting

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Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed

Passed 11 Yea · 4 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8300
Democratic 1100
Republican 2000
Total 11400
% of votes cast 73%27%0%0%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
ALLOWAY — Yea
EICHELBERGER — Yea
GORDNER — Yea
RAFFERTY — Yea
RESCHENTHALER — Yea
VULAKOVICH — Yea
GREENLEAF — Yea
SCARNATI — Yea
FARNESE — Nay
LEACH — Nay
SABATINA — Nay
Art Haywood Democratic Nay
Lisa M. Boscola Democratic Yea
Gene Yaw Republican Yea
Wayne Langerholc Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE

Passed 146 Yea · 51 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 45100
Unaffiliated 902405
Democratic 112600
Total 1465105
% of votes cast 72%25%0%2%
How each member voted (202)
Member Party Vote
BARRAR — Yea
BLOOM — Yea
BOBACK — Yea
CHARLTON — Yea
CHRISTIANA — Yea
CORBIN — Yea
CORR — Yea
COX — Yea
DIGIROLAMO — Yea
DOWLING — Yea
DUNBAR — Yea
ELLIS — Yea
ENGLISH — Yea
EVANKOVICH — Yea
EVERETT — Yea
GABLER — Yea
GILLESPIE — Yea
GODSHALL — Yea
HAHN — Yea
HARPER — Yea
HARRIS, A. — Yea
HELM — Yea
HENNESSEY — Yea
HICKERNELL — Yea
HILL — Yea
JOZWIAK — Yea
KAMPF — Yea
KAUFER — Yea
KELLER, F. — Yea
KELLER, M.K. — Yea
KNOWLES — Yea
LEWIS — Yea
MAHER — Yea
MARSHALL — Yea
MARSICO — Yea
MASSER — Yea
MCGINNIS — Yea
METCALFE — Yea
MICCARELLI — Yea
MILLARD — Yea
MILNE — Yea
MURT — Yea
MUSTIO — Yea
NELSON — Yea
NESBIT — Yea
O'NEILL — Yea
OBERLANDER — Yea
PEIFER — Yea
PETRI — Yea
PYLE — Yea
QUIGLEY — Yea
QUINN, C. — Yea
QUINN, M. — Yea
REED — Yea
REESE — Yea
ROE — Yea
RYAN — Yea
SACCONE — Yea
SANKEY — Yea
SANTORA — Yea
SAYLOR — Yea
SCHEMEL — Yea
SIMMONS — Yea
SONNEY — Yea
STEPHENS — Yea
TALLMAN — Yea
TAYLOR — Yea
TOBASH — Yea
TOEPEL — Yea
TOOHIL — Yea
WARD — Yea
E WATSON — Not Voting
WHEELAND — Yea
BARBIN — Yea
BOYLE — Nay
BROWN, V. — Nay
BULLOCK — Nay
CALTAGIRONE — Yea
CRUZ — Nay
DEAN — Nay
DELISSIO — Nay
DELUCA — Yea
DERMODY — Nay
DONATUCCI — Nay
DRISCOLL — Nay
EVANS — Nay
E FABRIZIO — Not Voting
FITZGERALD — Nay
GAINEY — Nay
GALLOWAY — Yea
GOODMAN — Nay
HAGGERTY — Nay
HANNA — Nay
E KAVULICH — Not Voting
KELLER, W. — Nay
KINSEY — Nay
KIRKLAND — Yea
KORTZ — Yea
LONGIETTI — Yea
MCCARTER — Nay
MULLERY — Yea
NEUMAN — Yea
O'BRIEN — Nay
PETRARCA — Yea
RAVENSTAHL — Yea
READSHAW — Yea
ROEBUCK — Nay
ROZZI — Yea
SAINATO — Yea
SIMS — Nay
SNYDER — Yea
STURLA — Nay
THOMAS — Yea
WHEATLEY — Nay
E YOUNGBLOOD — Not Voting
TURZAI — Yea
Dan Miller — Nay
Matthew Gergely — Not Voting
Seth Grove — Yea
Andre D. Carroll Democratic Nay
Anita Astorino Kulik Democratic Yea
Brandon J. Markosek Democratic Yea
Carolyn T. Comitta Democratic Nay
Christopher M. Rabb Democratic Nay
Dan Frankel Democratic Nay
Daniel J. Deasy Democratic Yea
Ed Neilson Democratic Nay
Eddie Day Pashinski Democratic Nay
Frank Burns Democratic Yea
Greg Vitali Democratic Nay
Jared G. Solomon Democratic Nay
Jason Dawkins Democratic Nay
Jay Costa Democratic Yea
Jay Costa Democratic Yea
Jeanne McNeill Democratic Nay
Joanna E. McClinton Democratic Nay
Jordan A. Harris Democratic Nay
Leanne Krueger Democratic Nay
Marty Flynn Democratic Nay
Mary Jo Daley Democratic Nay
Matthew D. Bradford Democratic Nay
Maureen E. Madden Democratic Nay
Michael H. Schlossberg Democratic Nay
Morgan Cephas Democratic Nay
Nathan Davidson Democratic Nay
Patrick J. Harkins Democratic Yea
Patty Kim Democratic Nay
Perry S. Warren Democratic Nay
Peter Schweyer Democratic Nay
Robert F. Matzie Democratic Yea
Robert Freeman Democratic Nay
Ryan A. Bizzarro Democratic Yea
Scott Conklin Democratic Yea
Steve Samuelson Democratic Yea
Tim Briggs Democratic Nay
Tina M. Davis Democratic Nay
Aaron Bernstine Republican Yea
Brad Roae Republican Yea
Brett R. Miller Republican Yea
Bryan Cutler Republican Yea
Bud Cook Republican Yea
Carl Walker Metzgar Republican Yea
Craig T. Staats Republican Yea
Cris Dush Republican Yea
Dan Moul Republican Yea
David H. Zimmerman Republican Yea
David M. Maloney Republican Yea
Dawn W. Keefer Republican Yea
Doyle Heffley Republican Yea
Frank A. Farry Republican Yea
Gary W. Day Republican Yea
Greg Rothman Republican Yea
Jack Rader Republican Nay
Jamie Walsh Republican Yea
Jason Ortitay Republican Yea
Jesse Topper Republican Yea
Joe Emrick Republican Yea
John A. Lawrence Republican Yea
Jonathan Fritz Republican Yea
Kate A. Klunk Republican Yea
Kathy L. Rapp Republican Yea
Keith J. Greiner Republican Yea
Kerry A. Benninghoff Republican Yea
Lisa Baker Republican Yea
Lynda Schlegel Culver Republican Yea
Mark M. Gillen Republican Yea
Martin T. Causer Republican Yea
Martina A. White Republican Yea
Milou Mackenzie Republican Yea
Mindy Fee Republican Yea
Parke Wentling Republican Yea
R. Lee James Republican Yea
Rich Irvin Republican Yea
Rob W. Kauffman Republican Yea
Rosemary M. Brown Republican Yea
Russ Diamond Republican Yea
Ryan Warner Republican Yea
Sheryl M. Delozier Republican Yea
Steven C. Mentzer Republican Yea
Thomas L. Mehaffie Republican Yea
Tina Pickett Republican Yea
Zachary Mako Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 280?
HB 280 is sponsored by Dawn W. Keefer (Republican), Stephens, A. Harris, Sheryl M. Delozier (Republican), Marsico, Kortz, Peifer, R. Lee James (Republican), and Barry Jozwiak.
What is the current status of HB 280?
This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 280?
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