---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in intestate succession, further providing for shares of others than surviving spouse; and, in dispositions independent of letters, family exemption, probate of wills and grant of letters, further providing for payments to family and funeral directors."
description: "An Act amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in intestate succession, further providing for shares of others than surviving spouse; and, in dispositions independent of letters, family exemption, probate of wills and grant of letters, further providing for payments to family and funeral directors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1176"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1176 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joe Ciresi"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-11-24T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/009b8a8f-bb68-45a1-a7e1-152508d0982f"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=16&rollcallid=992&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "e5124eef09724bb59f7ea1a42ab5d96e87cd1fa3b2b45d91d2dfbf633c3bdc90"
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 1176 (2025-2026) — An Act amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in intestate succession, further providing for shares of others than surviving spouse; and, in dispositions independent of letters, family exemption, probate of wills and grant of letters, further providing for payments to family and funeral directors.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN1313** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB1176/PN1313)
2. **Printer's No. PN2382** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB1176/PN2382)
3. **Printer's No. PN2599** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB1176/PN2599)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Finance): Re-refer Bill To Another Committee — **26–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Rules): Re-report Bill As Committed — **33–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **36–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **203–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **203–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Report Bill As Committed — **26–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- A1781 — **202–1** (pass) · lower
- MOTION TO SUSPEND RULES — **202–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joe Ciresi — primary (person)
- Abigail Salisbury — cosponsor (person)
- Arvind Venkat — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Darisha K. Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Madsen — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- G. Roni Green — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Mcandrew — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz — cosponsor (person)
- Jose Giral — cosponsor (person)
- Kristine Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Donahue — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Borowski — cosponsor (person)
- Liz Hanbidge — cosponsor (person)
- Melissa Cerrato — cosponsor (person)
- Melissa Shusterman — cosponsor (person)
- Perry Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Malagari — cosponsor (person)
- Tarik Khan — cosponsor (person)
- Valerie Gaydos — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Reported with request to re-refer to Judiciary `committee-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-07-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-07-14T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-07-14T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-09-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-09-10T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2025-09-10T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2025-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2025-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-11-17T05:00:00+00:00** Amended on third consideration `amendment-passage`
- **2025-11-17T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2025-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2025-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2025-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-24T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-11-24T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 50 of 2025

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/009b8a8f-bb68-45a1-a7e1-152508d0982f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).