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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in petition for adoption, further providing for consents necessary to adoption; in support matters generally, further providing for costs and fees and for State disbursement unit; and, in child protective services, further proving for employees having contact with children, adoptive and foster parents and for volunteers having contact with children."
+description: "An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in petition for adoption, further providing for consents necessary to adoption; in support matters generally, further providing for costs and fees and for State disbursement unit; and, in child protective services, further proving for employees having contact with children, adoptive and foster parents and for volunteers having contact with children."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "HB 235"
+citation: "Pennsylvania HB 235 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Toohil"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2019-01-28T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-07-02T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e98b8f6-9b3b-4288-a305-3a6af7ae1fbd"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=235"
+source_hash: "d17b1c1f25c72cf03deab9b8981c3be2f5af6e861b94d3f4552f61ee97ce8c45"
+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 235 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in petition for adoption, further providing for consents necessary to adoption; in support matters generally, further providing for costs and fees and for State disbursement unit; and, in child protective services, further proving for employees having contact with children, adoptive and foster parents and for volunteers having contact with children.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **House Amendment A00135** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=0235&pn=0205&aYear=2019&an=00135)
+2. **House Amendment A00145** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=0235&pn=0205&aYear=2019&an=00145)
+3. **Printer's No. 0205** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0235&pn=0205)
+4. **Printer's No. 0877** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0235&pn=0877)
+5. **Printer's No. 2265** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0235&pn=2265)
+6. **Senate Amendment A02587** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=0235&pn=0877&aYear=2019&an=02587)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — **12–2** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **16–8** (pass) · upper
+- HB 235 PN 2265, CONCUR — **183–13** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **134–56** (pass) · lower
+- HB 235 PN 205, 2019 A145, TOOHIL — **157–38** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **32–18** (pass) · upper
+- HB 235 PN 205, 2019 A135, B. MILLER — **158–37** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Toohil — primary (person)
+- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
+- Caltagirone — cosponsor (person)
+- Dush — cosponsor (person)
+- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
+- Jones — cosponsor (person)
+- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
+- Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
+- Millard — cosponsor (person)
+- Murt — cosponsor (person)
+- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
+- Quinn — cosponsor (person)
+- Schweyer — cosponsor (person)
+- Struzzi — cosponsor (person)
+- Tobash — cosponsor (person)
+- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0205 Referred to CHILDREN AND YOUTH `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2019-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0877 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2265 Amended on third consideration
+- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
+- **2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-07-02T04:00:00+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/5e98b8f6-9b3b-4288-a305-3a6af7ae1fbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+