---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in child custody, further providing for consideration of criminal conviction."
description: "An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in child custody, further providing for consideration of criminal conviction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 843"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 843 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rowe"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6c075ad-e68b-4b86-9bcc-6484a75a2c7a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=843"
source_hash: "cdefdf3a31c1b31708f90ecc0fbe909626571b1298ded0a23d166718bbb5c489"
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 843 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in child custody, further providing for consideration of criminal conviction.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0827** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0843&pn=0827)

## Votes

- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 843 PN 827, Final Passage — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rowe — primary (person)
- B. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Burgos — cosponsor (person)
- C. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
- Dowling — cosponsor (person)
- Ecker — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Hamm — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Hohenstein — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Keefer — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis Delrosso — cosponsor (person)
- M. Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Moul — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- R. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Staats — cosponsor (person)
- Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Struzzi — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0827 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2021-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2021-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2021-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 38 of 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6c075ad-e68b-4b86-9bcc-6484a75a2c7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).