---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Titles 23 (Domestic Relations) and 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, enacting the Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act; making repeals; and making editorial changes."
description: "An Act amending Titles 23 (Domestic Relations) and 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, enacting the Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act; making repeals; and making editorial changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 414"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 414 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craig Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-30T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-10-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/102bee59-e4c2-40ef-a1a2-ce840d972162"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=60&rollcallid=90&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "40b41e5a60d89383445960c9165aa1d5f3e41ada50e180ee8b665758c061c90a"
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 414 (2025-2026) — An Act amending Titles 23 (Domestic Relations) and 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, enacting the Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act; making repeals; and making editorial changes.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN0390** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB0414/PN0390)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Judiciary): Reported as Committed — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Report Bill As Committed — **26–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Craig Williams — primary (person)
- Brenda Pugh — cosponsor (person)
- Bud Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Charity Krupa — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Staats — cosponsor (person)
- David Rowe — cosponsor (person)
- Donna Scheuren — cosponsor (person)
- Jacob Banta — cosponsor (person)
- Jamie Flick — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Shaffer — cosponsor (person)
- John Lawrence — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Tomlinson — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Milou Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Tarik Khan — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Bonner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2025-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-09-10T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-09-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-10-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2025-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2025-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 40 of 2025

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/102bee59-e4c2-40ef-a1a2-ce840d972162`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).