SB 182 — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in falsification and intimidation, further providing for the offense of false reports to law enforcement authorities.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-24
Latest action: — Referred to JUDICIARY, Jan. 24, 2025
Sponsors
- Vincent J. Hughes (D, PA-7) — sponsor · 2025-01-24
- Sharif Street (D, PA-3) — cosponsor · 2025-01-24
- Art L Haywood (D, PA-4) — cosponsor · 2025-01-24
- Jay Costa (D, PA-43) — cosponsor · 2025-01-24
- John I. Kane (D, PA-9) — cosponsor · 2025-01-24
- Katie J. Muth (D, PA-44) — cosponsor · 2025-01-24
- Amanda M. Cappelletti (D, PA-17) — cosponsor · 2025-01-24
Action timeline
- · senate — Referred to JUDICIARY, Jan. 24, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0121 · 1,444 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 121
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 182
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY HUGHES, STREET, HAYWOOD, COSTA AND KANE,
JANUARY 24, 2025
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JANUARY 24, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in falsification and intimidation,
3 further providing for the offense of false reports to law
4 enforcement authorities.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 4906(c) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
9 § 4906. False reports to law enforcement authorities.
10 * * *
11 (c) Grading.--
12 * * *
13 (3) If the violation of subsection (a) or (b) is based
14 solely on the race or ethnicity of the alleged perpetrator of
15 the crime or other incident within and not on actual
16 suspicion that a crime has been or might be committed, the
17 offense shall be graded as a misdemeanor of the first degree.
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.Connected on the graph
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| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vincent J. Hughes (D, state_upper PA-7) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Amanda M. Cappelletti (D, state_upper PA-17) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Art L Haywood (D, state_upper PA-4) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Jay Costa (D, state_upper PA-43) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | John I. Kane (D, state_upper PA-9) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Katie J. Muth (D, state_upper PA-44) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Sharif Street (D, state_upper PA-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee · pa-leg