republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2019-2020/hb-235.md

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Bill	An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in petition for adoption, further providing for consents necessary to adoption; in support matters generally, further providing for costs and fees and for State disbursement unit; and, in child protective services, further proving for employees having contact with children, adoptive and foster parents and for volunteers having contact with children.	An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in petition for adoption, further providing for consents necessary to adoption; in support matters generally, further providing for costs and fees and for State disbursement unit; and, in child protective services, further proving for employees having contact with children, adoptive and foster parents and for volunteers having contact with children.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2019-2020	HB 235	Pennsylvania HB 235 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Toohil	6	24	7	2019-01-28T05:00:00+00:00	2019-07-02T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/5e98b8f6-9b3b-4288-a305-3a6af7ae1fbd	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=235	d17b1c1f25c72cf03deab9b8981c3be2f5af6e861b94d3f4552f61ee97ce8c45	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 235 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in petition for adoption, further providing for consents necessary to adoption; in support matters generally, further providing for costs and fees and for State disbursement unit; and, in child protective services, further proving for employees having contact with children, adoptive and foster parents and for volunteers having contact with children.

Version chain

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

1. House Amendment A00135 (committee substitute) — source
2. House Amendment A00145 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 0205 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. 0877 (committee substitute) — source
5. Printer's No. 2265 (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Amendment A02587 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — 12–2 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 16–8 (pass) · upper
• HB 235 PN 2265, CONCUR — 183–13 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 134–56 (pass) · lower
• HB 235 PN 205, 2019 A145, TOOHIL — 157–38 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 32–18 (pass) · upper
• HB 235 PN 205, 2019 A135, B. MILLER — 158–37 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Toohil — primary (person)
• Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
• Caltagirone — cosponsor (person)
• Dush — cosponsor (person)
• Gillen — cosponsor (person)
• Irvin — cosponsor (person)
• Jones — cosponsor (person)
• Kortz — cosponsor (person)
• Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
• Millard — cosponsor (person)
• Murt — cosponsor (person)
• Neilson — cosponsor (person)
• Pickett — cosponsor (person)
• Quinn — cosponsor (person)
• Schweyer — cosponsor (person)
• Struzzi — cosponsor (person)
• Tobash — cosponsor (person)
• Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-28T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0205 Referred to CHILDREN AND YOUTH referral-committee
• 2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2019-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0877 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2265 Amended on third consideration
• 2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-07-02T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5e98b8f6-9b3b-4288-a305-3a6af7ae1fbd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).