republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-983.md

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Bill	An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in alimony and support, further providing for alimony pendente lite, counsel fees and expenses.	An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in alimony and support, further providing for alimony pendente lite, counsel fees and expenses.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	HB 983	Pennsylvania HB 983 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Lawrence	2	20	3	2017-03-28T04:00:00+00:00	2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/8c74f84e-0577-41fe-b85c-9266dbb69596	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=983	2db1fb87667be56888232321edfdf11d2075cb6bb30e72087bf372c1e29262a6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 983 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in alimony and support, further providing for alimony pendente lite, counsel fees and expenses.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 1144 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 2743 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 46–3 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 187–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lawrence — primary (person)
• A. Harris — cosponsor (person)
• B. O'Neill — cosponsor (person)
• Caltagirone — cosponsor (person)
• Corbin — cosponsor (person)
• Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Farry — cosponsor (person)
• Freeman — cosponsor (person)
• Irvin — cosponsor (person)
• Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
• Longietti — cosponsor (person)
• Neuman — cosponsor (person)
• Pickett — cosponsor (person)
• Rabb — cosponsor (person)
• Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
• Roe — cosponsor (person)
• Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
• Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
• Solomon — cosponsor (person)
• Stephens — cosponsor (person)
• Sturla — cosponsor (person)
• Toepel — cosponsor (person)
• V. Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Watson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1144 Referred to JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2017-11-21T05:00:00+00:00 PN 2743 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-11-21T05:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-11-21T05:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2017-12-04T05:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2017-12-05T05:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2017-12-05T05:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-12-06T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-12-06T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-12-08T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2018-09-24T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2018-09-24T04:00:00+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/8c74f84e-0577-41fe-b85c-9266dbb69596. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).