republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-44.md

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Bill	An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in protection from abuse, further providing for commencement of proceedings.	An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in protection from abuse, further providing for commencement of proceedings.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	HB 44	Pennsylvania HB 44 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Delozier	2	20	4	2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00	2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/6cbd4a07-9a1f-4ea0-860e-3b12de0c6137	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=44	78f18bc2c4a8c1610f3b9a73a51e2187cc0ca03d9f3da643895099b894f8f159	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 44 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in protection from abuse, further providing for commencement of proceedings.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0050 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 0400 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 44 PN 50, 2017 A52, MARSICO — 200–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 199–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Delozier — primary (person)
• A. Harris — cosponsor (person)
• B. O'Neill — cosponsor (person)
• Baker — cosponsor (person)
• Barbin — cosponsor (person)
• Caltagirone — cosponsor (person)
• D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
• Davidson — cosponsor (person)
• Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Dean — cosponsor (person)
• Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
• Kortz — cosponsor (person)
• Marsico — cosponsor (person)
• Murt — cosponsor (person)
• Neilson — cosponsor (person)
• O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
• Pickett — cosponsor (person)
• Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
• Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
• Toepel — cosponsor (person)
• Toohil — cosponsor (person)
• V. Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Watson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0050 Referred to JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2017-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2017-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2017-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0400 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2017-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-02-08T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-02-08T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2018-10-18T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6cbd4a07-9a1f-4ea0-860e-3b12de0c6137. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).