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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, dealing with child abuse: in criminal history record information, further providing for information in central repository or automated systems; and, in organization and responsibilities of Child Protective Service, further providing for services for prevention, investigation and treatment of child abuse."
+description: "An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, dealing with child abuse: in criminal history record information, further providing for information in central repository or automated systems; and, in organization and responsibilities of Child Protective Service, further providing for services for prevention, investigation and treatment of child abuse."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "HB 954"
+citation: "Pennsylvania HB 954 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Stephens"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7b07792-ac58-452e-a421-d31dfed71dcd"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=954"
+source_hash: "a29190e27c5d16aef057f74b73a7388145819e4e358facca5d9ad1e660f9b9c3"
+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 954 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, dealing with child abuse: in criminal history record information, further providing for information in central repository or automated systems; and, in organization and responsibilities of Child Protective Service, further providing for services for prevention, investigation and treatment of child abuse.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Printer's No. 0962** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0954&pn=0962)
+2. **Printer's No. 1044** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0954&pn=1044)
+3. **Printer's No. 1323** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0954&pn=1323)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper
+- HB 954 PN 1044, 2021 A749, THOMAS — **201–0** (pass) · lower
+- HB 954 PN 1323, Final Passage — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Stephens — primary (person)
+- Quinn — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0962 Referred to CHILDREN AND YOUTH `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1044 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1323 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2021-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2021-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 42 of 2021
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7b07792-ac58-452e-a421-d31dfed71dcd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+