# Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania 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., is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Frank A. Farry (Republican); status first reading, last action 2025-12-09 (Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)) (as of 2026-10-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: Pennsylvania SB 912
- State: Pennsylvania
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: 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.
- Status: first reading
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-07-31
- Last action: 2025-12-09, Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)
- Sponsor: Frank A. Farry (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 10
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Frank A. Farry (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Amanda M. Cappelletti (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: David G. Argall (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Elder A. Vogel Jr. (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jay Costa (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Joe Picozzi (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Lynda Schlegel Culver (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Marty Flynn (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Patrick J. Stefano (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Tracy Pennycuick (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Vincent J. Hughes (Democratic), Senate

## Actions (4)

- 2025-12-09: Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9) (Senate)
- 2025-10-21: First consideration (Senate)
- 2025-10-21: Reported as committed (Senate)
- 2025-07-31: Referred to Law & Justice (Senate)

## Bill text

- PN 1088, 2025-07-31: [HTML](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/HTM/2025/0/SB0912/PN1088), [PDF](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/DOC/2025/0/SB0912/PN1088), [PDF](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/SB0912/PN1088)

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## Sources
- [PN 1088 (HTML)](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/HTM/2025/0/SB0912/PN1088)
- [PN 1088 (PDF)](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/DOC/2025/0/SB0912/PN1088)
- [PN 1088 (PDF)](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/SB0912/PN1088)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/PA-SB912-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-11).