---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in offenses against the family, further providing for the offense of endangering welfare of children."
description: "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in offenses against the family, further providing for the offense of endangering welfare of children."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 217"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 217 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kauffman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51ff4c95-9c90-45bd-8357-9b7c71362365"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=217"
source_hash: "1ed0b817277213fe1b02f75cff76d94d0ed90f3c102a2aa3f90929e71ec01466"
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 217 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in offenses against the family, further providing for the offense of endangering welfare of children.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0181** (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=0217&pn=0181)
2. **Printer's No. 1502** (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=0217&pn=1502)

## Votes

- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **192–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 217 PN 181, 2017 A720, PETRARCA — **148–38** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kauffman — primary (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Bizzarro — cosponsor (person)
- D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Moul — cosponsor (person)
- Murt — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0181 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1502 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+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/51ff4c95-9c90-45bd-8357-9b7c71362365`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).