---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act establishing the Pennsylvania Advisory Committee on Greater Father Involvement within the Joint State Government Commission and providing for its powers and duties."
description: "An Act establishing the Pennsylvania Advisory Committee on Greater Father Involvement within the Joint State Government Commission and providing for its powers and duties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1731"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1731 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mizgorski"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-07-20T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f640f69-452b-4491-8504-dc060e20be54"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1731"
source_hash: "06336f35f17098411c21c157a8e70477cbe28d9a7ab83e721a088f8ef26bba5c"
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 1731 (2021-2022) — An Act establishing the Pennsylvania Advisory Committee on Greater Father Involvement within the Joint State Government Commission and providing for its powers and duties.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Printer's No. 1961** (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=1731&pn=1961)
2. **Printer's No. 2953** (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=1731&pn=2953)

## Votes

- HB 1731 PN 2953, Final Passage — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (AGING AND YOUTH): Reported as Committed — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **203–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mizgorski — primary (person)
- A. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- B. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Gainey — cosponsor (person)
- Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
- Mercuri — cosponsor (person)
- Rader — cosponsor (person)
- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Staats — cosponsor (person)
- T. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-07-20T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1961 Referred to CHILDREN AND YOUTH `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2953 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2022-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2022-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to AGING AND YOUTH `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 114 of 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f640f69-452b-4491-8504-dc060e20be54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).