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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in alimony and support, further providing for alimony pendente lite, counsel fees and expenses."
+description: "An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in alimony and support, further providing for alimony pendente lite, counsel fees and expenses."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 983"
+citation: "Pennsylvania HB 983 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lawrence"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-03-28T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c74f84e-0577-41fe-b85c-9266dbb69596"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=983"
+source_hash: "2db1fb87667be56888232321edfdf11d2075cb6bb30e72087bf372c1e29262a6"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
+---
+
+# Pennsylvania HB 983 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in alimony and support, further providing for alimony pendente lite, counsel fees and expenses.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Printer's No. 1144** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0983&pn=1144)
+2. **Printer's No. 2743** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0983&pn=2743)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **46–3** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **187–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lawrence — primary (person)
+- A. Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- B. O'Neill — cosponsor (person)
+- Caltagirone — cosponsor (person)
+- Corbin — cosponsor (person)
+- Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Farry — cosponsor (person)
+- Freeman — cosponsor (person)
+- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
+- Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
+- Longietti — cosponsor (person)
+- Neuman — cosponsor (person)
+- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
+- Rabb — cosponsor (person)
+- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Roe — cosponsor (person)
+- Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
+- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
+- Solomon — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephens — cosponsor (person)
+- Sturla — cosponsor (person)
+- Toepel — cosponsor (person)
+- V. Brown — cosponsor (person)
+- Ward — cosponsor (person)
+- Watson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1144 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2017-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2743 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2017-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2017-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2017-12-04T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2017-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2017-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2017-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2017-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2018-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2018-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2018-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c74f84e-0577-41fe-b85c-9266dbb69596`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+