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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in proceedings prior to petition to adopt, further providing for petition for involuntary termination and providing for special provisions when child conceived as a result of rape or incest."
description: "An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in proceedings prior to petition to adopt, further providing for petition for involuntary termination and providing for special provisions when child conceived as a result of rape or incest."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1984"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1984 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benninghoff"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-10-25T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07ed46d9-5e3d-41df-b0ce-83b04f5f6c02"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1984"
source_hash: "e4d71795a9cdaa96092f73e5945d58ff561d36864b263ab42c8caaf6e2a8e698"
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 1984 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in proceedings prior to petition to adopt, further providing for petition for involuntary termination and providing for special provisions when child conceived as a result of rape or incest.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Printer's No. 2789** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1984&pn=2789)
## Votes
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Benninghoff — primary (person)
- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
- Bizzarro — cosponsor (person)
- Boback — cosponsor (person)
- Briggs — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Delozier — cosponsor (person)
- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
- Diamond — cosponsor (person)
- Dush — cosponsor (person)
- Ecker — cosponsor (person)
- Everett — cosponsor (person)
- Fritz — cosponsor (person)
- Gabler — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Gleim — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Keefer — cosponsor (person)
- Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
- Knowles — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence — cosponsor (person)
- Markosek — cosponsor (person)
- Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Mihalek — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Moul — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Schweyer — cosponsor (person)
- Staats — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Toepel — cosponsor (person)
- Toohil — cosponsor (person)
- Youngblood — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2789 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2020-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-07-13T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-07-13T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-10-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-29T04:00:00+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/07ed46d9-5e3d-41df-b0ce-83b04f5f6c02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).