republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-1952.md

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Bill	An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 23 (Domestic Relations) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sexual offenses, further providing for conduct relating to sex offenders and for general rule; in falsification and intimidation, further providing for the offense of failure to comply with registration requirements, defining the offense of failure to comply with 42 Pa.C.S. Ch. 97 Subch. I registration requirements and imposing penalties; in proceedings prior to petition to adopt, further providing for grounds for involuntary termination, for definitions and for expunction of information of perpetrator who was under 18 years of age when child abuse was committed; in domestic and sexual violence victim address confidentiality, further providing for agency use of designated address; in sentencing, extensively revising registration of sexual offenders provisions; and making editorial changes.	An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 23 (Domestic Relations) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sexual offenses, further providing for conduct relating to sex offenders and for general rule; in falsification and intimidation, further providing for the offense of failure to comply with registration requirements, defining the offense of failure to comply with 42 Pa.C.S. Ch. 97 Subch. I registration requirements and imposing penalties; in proceedings prior to petition to adopt, further providing for grounds for involuntary termination, for definitions and for expunction of information of perpetrator who was under 18 years of age when child abuse was committed; in domestic and sexual violence victim address confidentiality, further providing for agency use of designated address; in sentencing, extensively revising registration of sexual offenders provisions; and making editorial changes.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	HB 1952	Pennsylvania HB 1952 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Marsico	3	26	6	2017-12-04T05:00:00+00:00	2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/9135a2ec-b2ea-4a67-955b-54b114a3268e	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1952	f6cebcf3973d186fdae96a06a04366caaa2ad6ad763fb7764ba4a7cfbf6bce03	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 1952 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 23 (Domestic Relations) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sexual offenses, further providing for conduct relating to sex offenders and for general rule; in falsification and intimidation, further providing for the offense of failure to comply with registration requirements, defining the offense of failure to comply with 42 Pa.C.S. Ch. 97 Subch. I registration requirements and imposing penalties; in proceedings prior to petition to adopt, further providing for grounds for involuntary termination, for definitions and for expunction of information of perpetrator who was under 18 years of age when child abuse was committed; in domestic and sexual violence victim address confidentiality, further providing for agency use of designated address; in sentencing, extensively revising registration of sexual offenders provisions; and making editorial changes.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 2770 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 2820 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 3543 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 25–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 188–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1952 PN 2770, 2017 A5231, MARSICO — 192–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 1952 PN 3543, CONCUR — 191–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Marsico — primary (person)
• A. Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Baker — cosponsor (person)
• Barbin — cosponsor (person)
• Caltagirone — cosponsor (person)
• Corbin — cosponsor (person)
• Corr — cosponsor (person)
• Cox — cosponsor (person)
• Cutler — cosponsor (person)
• Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Deluca — cosponsor (person)
• Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
• Heffley — cosponsor (person)
• Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
• Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
• Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
• M. Quinn — cosponsor (person)
• Maloney — cosponsor (person)
• Millard — cosponsor (person)
• Ortitay — cosponsor (person)
• Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Pickett — cosponsor (person)
• Rapp — cosponsor (person)
• Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
• Roebuck — cosponsor (person)
• Rothman — cosponsor (person)
• Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan — cosponsor (person)
• Schweyer — cosponsor (person)
• Stephens — cosponsor (person)
• Toepel — cosponsor (person)
• W. Keller — cosponsor (person)
• Watson — cosponsor (person)
• Wheeland — cosponsor (person)
• White — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-12-04T05:00:00+00:00 PN 2770 Referred to JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2017-12-05T05:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-12-05T05:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-12-05T05:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00 PN 2820 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-01-02T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2018-04-25T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2018-04-25T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2018-05-21T04:00:00+00:00 PN 3543 Amended on third consideration
• 2018-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2018-06-04T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2018-06-04T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9135a2ec-b2ea-4a67-955b-54b114a3268e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).