---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act establishing the Kinship Caregiver Navigator Program in the Department of Human Services; and providing for kinship caregiver navigator website and for kinship caregiver navigators."
description: "An Act establishing the Kinship Caregiver Navigator Program in the Department of Human Services; and providing for kinship caregiver navigator website and for kinship caregiver navigators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2133"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 2133 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Watson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-03-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-10-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d94454ec-f062-43b8-9a63-d4077ba4459e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=2133"
source_hash: "a38b14824bebe9e65f965a19af633d2c8234b8cfb41687b02cd8d40899360142"
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 2133 (2017-2018) — An Act establishing the Kinship Caregiver Navigator Program in the Department of Human Services; and providing for kinship caregiver navigator website and for kinship caregiver navigators.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 3107** (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=2133&pn=3107)
2. **Printer's No. 3817** (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=2133&pn=3817)

## Votes

- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 2133 PN 3817, CONCUR — **180–1** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (AGING AND YOUTH): Reported as Committed — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **190–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Watson — primary (person)
- Barbin — cosponsor (person)
- Boback — cosponsor (person)
- Bullock — cosponsor (person)
- Conklin — cosponsor (person)
- Daley — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dowling — cosponsor (person)
- English — cosponsor (person)
- Farry — cosponsor (person)
- Hahn — cosponsor (person)
- Hanna — cosponsor (person)
- Heffley — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- M. Quinn — cosponsor (person)
- Mcclinton — cosponsor (person)
- Mentzer — cosponsor (person)
- Miccarelli — cosponsor (person)
- Moul — cosponsor (person)
- Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
- R. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Rader — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
- Santora — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Schweyer — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Solomon — cosponsor (person)
- Staats — cosponsor (person)
- Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Toepel — cosponsor (person)
- Toohil — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Wheeland — cosponsor (person)
- Youngblood — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** PN 3107 Referred to CHILDREN AND YOUTH `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-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** Second consideration `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 AGING AND YOUTH `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3817 Amended on third consideration
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-10-18T04:00:00+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/d94454ec-f062-43b8-9a63-d4077ba4459e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).