---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in standby guardianship, further providing for definitions and for scope and providing for temporary guardianship; in child protective services, further providing for release of information in confidential reports; and making editorial changes."
description: "An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in standby guardianship, further providing for definitions and for scope and providing for temporary guardianship; in child protective services, further providing for release of information in confidential reports; and making editorial changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1539"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1539 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pashinski"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-10-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eeb637d3-aa72-447e-bf60-b6427fa269e4"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1539"
source_hash: "2918ba0c0c3066abd78d2266d5219eee12356f9188a7c27b35bafcc87e1658b2"
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 1539 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in standby guardianship, further providing for definitions and for scope and providing for temporary guardianship; in child protective services, further providing for release of information in confidential reports; and making editorial changes.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 1996** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1539&pn=1996)
2. **Printer's No. 3311** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1539&pn=3311)
3. **Printer's No. 3353** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1539&pn=3353)

## Votes

- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1539 PN 3311, 2017 A6458, TOOHIL — **195–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **192–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pashinski — primary (person)
- Barbin — cosponsor (person)
- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
- Bizzarro — cosponsor (person)
- Caltagirone — cosponsor (person)
- Comitta — cosponsor (person)
- Daley — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
- Dowling — cosponsor (person)
- Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
- English — cosponsor (person)
- Farry — cosponsor (person)
- Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Harkins — cosponsor (person)
- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Madden — cosponsor (person)
- Mcclinton — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- R. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
- Sainato — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Toohil — cosponsor (person)
- Vazquez — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1996 Referred to CHILDREN AND YOUTH `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3311 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3353 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eeb637d3-aa72-447e-bf60-b6427fa269e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).