republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-203.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in dispositions independent of letters, family exemption, probate of wills and grant of letters, further providing for payments to family and funeral directors; and, in powers of appointment, further providing for exercise of powers of appointment."
description: "An Act amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in dispositions independent of letters, family exemption, probate of wills and grant of letters, further providing for payments to family and funeral directors; and, in powers of appointment, further providing for exercise of powers of appointment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 203"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 203 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Longietti"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-10-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b08430f8-eacf-4cdf-9796-c4e72eedcc09"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=203"
source_hash: "51cdefd31149a2d4ef870075856ad393b0bef08b9acd8b0b9836bde26b5820b0"
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 203 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in dispositions independent of letters, family exemption, probate of wills and grant of letters, further providing for payments to family and funeral directors; and, in powers of appointment, further providing for exercise of powers of appointment.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0171** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0203&pn=0171)
2. **Printer's No. 2519** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0203&pn=2519)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **198–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Amended — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 203 PN 2519, CONCUR — **190–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Longietti — primary (person)
- Barbin — cosponsor (person)
- Bizzarro — cosponsor (person)
- Bullock — cosponsor (person)
- Caltagirone — cosponsor (person)
- Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Davidson — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
- Gabler — cosponsor (person)
- Gergely — cosponsor (person)
- Godshall — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Murt — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Petrarca — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
- Sainato — cosponsor (person)
- Solomon — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- V. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0171 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2519 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2017-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b08430f8-eacf-4cdf-9796-c4e72eedcc09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).