---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in child custody, further providing for factors to consider when awarding custody."
description: "An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in child custody, further providing for factors to consider when awarding custody."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 378"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 378 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liz Hanbidge"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-28T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3e19cd3-320b-4f87-a499-f517e293db50"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=60&rollcallid=44&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "719df0298d65e674ca4ed64fc7e479036c222baa94b1a1c1564486a1a60d3f37"
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 378 (2025-2026) — An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in child custody, further providing for factors to consider when awarding custody.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN0334** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB0378/PN0334)
2. **Printer's No. PN1599** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB0378/PN1599)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–1** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Report Bill As Committed — **26–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- MOTION TO TABLE — **102–101** (pass) · lower
- A342 — **203–0** (pass) · lower
- A45 — **99–103** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Liz Hanbidge — primary (person)
- Aerion Abney — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Danielle Friel Otten — cosponsor (person)
- Danilo Burgos — cosponsor (person)
- G. Roni Green — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer O'Mara — cosponsor (person)
- Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz — cosponsor (person)
- Jose Giral — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Fleming — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Donahue — cosponsor (person)
- La'Tasha Mayes — cosponsor (person)
- Malcolm Kenyatta — cosponsor (person)
- Melissa Cerrato — cosponsor (person)
- Melissa Shusterman — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Malagari — cosponsor (person)
- Tarik Khan — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Briggs — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2025-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2025-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 11 of 2025

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3e19cd3-320b-4f87-a499-f517e293db50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).