---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in child protective services, further providing for employees having contact with children and adoptive and foster parents."
description: "An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in child protective services, further providing for employees having contact with children and adoptive and foster parents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 764"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 764 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Miller"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b319b34c-ec42-4e72-86c3-53da75cf95df"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=764"
source_hash: "4f6bb8e8bcacbb2e49fb175a5a71ce975dc4a1b03965ac6a2c804325048a3e7f"
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 764 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in child protective services, further providing for employees having contact with children and adoptive and foster parents.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0750** (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=0764&pn=0750)
2. **Printer's No. 1416** (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=0764&pn=1416)
3. **Printer's No. 1634** (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=0764&pn=1634)
4. **Printer's No. 2646** (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=0764&pn=2646)

## Votes

- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **203–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 764 PN 2646, Final Passage — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 764 PN 2646, CONCUR — **200–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 764 PN 1416, 2021 A985, GLEIM — **201–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Miller — primary (person)
- D. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
- Gleim — cosponsor (person)
- Greiner — cosponsor (person)
- Hohenstein — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Keefer — cosponsor (person)
- Mentzer — cosponsor (person)
- R. Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Rader — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Sturla — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0750 Referred to CHILDREN AND YOUTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1416 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2021-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2021-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1634 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-11-08T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-11-08T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2646 Amended on third consideration
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 12 of 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b319b34c-ec42-4e72-86c3-53da75cf95df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).