---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in protection from abuse, further providing for commencement of proceedings."
description: "An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in protection from abuse, further providing for commencement of proceedings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 302"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 302 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lisa Baker"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ca79105-b804-4548-a7cc-95f8aa7afd71"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=60&rollcallid=788&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "0d68cf5540d5a205559c60683d29a13f901e71775b110af3f1a9ec1cbafc4300"
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 SB 302 (2025-2026) — An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in protection from abuse, further providing for commencement of proceedings.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN0236** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/SB0302/PN0236)
2. **Printer's No. PN0762** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/SB0302/PN0762)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Reported as Amended — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Adopt Amendment — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Report Bill As Committed — **26–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Reported as Committed — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lisa Baker — primary (person)
- Jay Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Stefano — cosponsor (person)
- Rosemary Brown — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2025-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-06-17T04:00:00+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-referred 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`
- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 23 of 2025

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ca79105-b804-4548-a7cc-95f8aa7afd71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).