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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in protection from abuse, further providing for commencement of proceedings."
description: "An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in protection from abuse, further providing for commencement of proceedings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 44"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 44 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Delozier"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6cbd4a07-9a1f-4ea0-860e-3b12de0c6137"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=44"
source_hash: "78f18bc2c4a8c1610f3b9a73a51e2187cc0ca03d9f3da643895099b894f8f159"
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 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](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0044&pn=0050)
2. **Printer's No. 0400** (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=0044&pn=0400)
## Votes
- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — **150** (pass) · upper
- HB 44 PN 50, 2017 A52, MARSICO — **2000** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **1990** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **490** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6cbd4a07-9a1f-4ea0-860e-3b12de0c6137`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).