---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, adopting the Uniform Family Law Arbitration Act."
description: "An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, adopting the Uniform Family Law Arbitration Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 917"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 917 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Melissa Shusterman"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-04-17T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b134112-58da-4fd9-ad82-c4325a30852b"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=60&rollcallid=32&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "4587fd1d0b0aa1e085833370bda3924995fb91add36799ea37ca34a35d9b667c"
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 917 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, adopting the Uniform Family Law Arbitration Act.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A00443** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A00443)
2. **Printer's No. PN0905** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0917/PN0905)
3. **Printer's No. PN1151** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0917/PN1151)
4. **Printer's No. PN2302** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0917/PN2302)
5. **Printer's No. PN2874** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0917/PN2874)
6. **Senate Amendment A02925** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A02925)
7. **Senate Amendment A03885** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A03885)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Judiciary): Reported as Amended — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- A443 — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Adopt Amendment — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Rules): Re-report Bill As Committed — **33–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Report Bill As Committed — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCURRENCE — **200–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Melissa Shusterman — primary (person)
- Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Pielli — cosponsor (person)
- G. Roni Green — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Haddock — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Klunk — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Borowski — cosponsor (person)
- Liz Hanbidge — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen Madden — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Takac — cosponsor (person)
- Perry Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Brennan — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Amended on third consideration `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 12 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b134112-58da-4fd9-ad82-c4325a30852b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).