---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in marriage license, further providing for restrictions on issuance of license and for oral examination; and, in child protective services, providing for pandemic of 2020."
description: "An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in marriage license, further providing for restrictions on issuance of license and for oral examination; and, in child protective services, providing for pandemic of 2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 360"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 360 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Topper"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-05-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/201a3f73-f24a-4212-914b-57392aa4bcb5"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=360"
source_hash: "a55087ebd6991fcf332504a2efde5ba8859229a48af10c1e7ea640ebefeae16a"
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 360 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in marriage license, further providing for restrictions on issuance of license and for oral examination; and, in child protective services, providing for pandemic of 2020.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0331** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0360&pn=0331)
2. **Printer's No. 3583** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0360&pn=3583)
3. **Printer's No. 3657** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0360&pn=3657)
4. **Printer's No. 3660** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0360&pn=3660)
5. **Senate Amendment A05089** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=0360&pn=0331&aYear=2019&an=05089)
6. **Senate Amendment A05314** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=0360&pn=3583&aYear=2019&an=05314)
7. **Senate Amendment A05351** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=0360&pn=3657&aYear=2019&an=05351)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **195–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 360 PN 3660, CONCUR — **202–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Amended — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Topper — primary (person)
- Barrar — cosponsor (person)
- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
- Bizzarro — cosponsor (person)
- Bradford — cosponsor (person)
- Briggs — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Caltagirone — cosponsor (person)
- Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
- Comitta — cosponsor (person)
- Conklin — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- D. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Daley — cosponsor (person)
- Davidson — cosponsor (person)
- Dawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Digirolamo — cosponsor (person)
- Donatucci — cosponsor (person)
- Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
- Dush — cosponsor (person)
- Ecker — cosponsor (person)
- Emrick — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgerald — cosponsor (person)
- Flynn — cosponsor (person)
- Frankel — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Hanbidge — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Hickernell — cosponsor (person)
- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Hohenstein — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Innamorato — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- Isaacson — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson-Harrell — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Kim — cosponsor (person)
- Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
- Klunk — cosponsor (person)
- Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Madden — cosponsor (person)
- Malagari — cosponsor (person)
- Maloney — cosponsor (person)
- Markosek — cosponsor (person)
- Masser — cosponsor (person)
- Mcclinton — cosponsor (person)
- Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Merski — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalfe — cosponsor (person)
- Mihalek — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Mizgorski — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Nesbit — cosponsor (person)
- Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
- Petrarca — cosponsor (person)
- Rabb — cosponsor (person)
- Ravenstahl — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Sankey — cosponsor (person)
- Sappey — cosponsor (person)
- Schemel — cosponsor (person)
- Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Schweyer — cosponsor (person)
- Shusterman — cosponsor (person)
- Sims — cosponsor (person)
- Solomon — cosponsor (person)
- Staats — cosponsor (person)
- Sturla — cosponsor (person)
- T. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Toohil — cosponsor (person)
- Ullman — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Webster — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0331 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3583 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-04-28T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3657 Amended on third consideration
- **2020-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3660 Amended on third consideration
- **2020-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2020-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-08T04:00:00+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/201a3f73-f24a-4212-914b-57392aa4bcb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).