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.
Congress · introduced 2025-04-28
Latest action: — Re-referred to COMMERCE, Dec. 15, 2025
Sponsors
- Cris Dush (R, PA-25) — sponsor · 2025-04-28
- Greg Rothman (R, PA-34) — cosponsor · 2025-04-28
- Jarrett Coleman (R, PA-16) — cosponsor · 2025-04-28
- Kristin Phillips-Hill (R, PA-28) — cosponsor · 2025-04-28
- Patrick J. Stefano (R, PA-32) — cosponsor · 2025-04-28
- Judy Ward (R, PA-30) — cosponsor · 2025-04-28
Action timeline
- · senate — Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, April 28, 2025
- · senate — Reported as amended, May 6, 2025
- · senate — First consideration, May 6, 2025
- · senate — Second consideration, May 12, 2025
- · senate — Third consideration and final passage, June 4, 2025 (31-18)
- · house — In the House
- · house — Referred to INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AND OPERATIONS, June 5, 2025
- · senate — (Remarks see Senate Journal Page 476-477), June 4, 2025
- · house — Reported with request to re-refer to COMMERCE, Dec. 15, 2025
- · house — Re-referred to COMMERCE, Dec. 15, 2025
Text versions
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0675 · 1,866 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 675
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 686
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY DUSH, ROTHMAN, COLEMAN, PHILLIPS-HILL, STEFANO AND
J. WARD, APRIL 28, 2025
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 28, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), entitled
2 "An act providing for access to public information, for a
3 designated open-records officer in each Commonwealth agency,
4 local agency, judicial agency and legislative agency, for
5 procedure, for appeal of agency determination, for judicial
6 review and for the Office of Open Records; imposing
7 penalties; providing for reporting by State-related
8 institutions; requiring the posting of certain State contract
9 information on the Internet; and making related repeals," in
10 judicial review, providing for criminal penalty.
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 Section 1. The act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known
14 as the Right-to-Know Law, is amended by adding a section to
15 read:
16 Section 1305.1. Criminal penalty.
17 (a) Offense defined.--A person commits an offense if the
18 person intentionally and unlawfully alters, destroys, conceals,
19 removes or otherwise impairs the verity or availability of any
20 record for which a request has been made under this act.
21 (b) Grading.--An offense under this section is a felony of
22 the third degree.
1 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Outbound (3)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Commerce Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Intergovernmental Affairs And Operations Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate State Government Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Committees
Who matters
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 | Cris Dush (R, state_upper PA-25) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Greg Rothman (R, state_upper PA-34) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Jarrett Coleman (R, state_upper PA-16) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Judy Ward (R, state_upper PA-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Kristin Phillips-Hill (R, state_upper PA-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Patrick J. Stefano (R, state_upper PA-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
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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
Activity
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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Commerce Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Intergovernmental Affairs And Operations Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate State Government Committee · pa-leg