republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2021-2022/hb-184.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in criminal homicide, further providing for the offense of causing or aiding suicide; and, in depositions and witnesses, further providing for definitions."
description: "An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in criminal homicide, further providing for the offense of causing or aiding suicide; and, in depositions and witnesses, further providing for definitions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 184"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 184 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keefer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-21T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f92768e-3d3f-49ee-a83d-74ffe6e802cb"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=184"
source_hash: "f53fcb4d95ceebe63c8298ceba4ba85af9b1f094569d949d2ad6c944aff2cf8f"
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 184 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in criminal homicide, further providing for the offense of causing or aiding suicide; and, in depositions and witnesses, further providing for definitions.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0152** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0184&pn=0152)
2. **Printer's No. 0964** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0184&pn=0964)
3. **Printer's No. 1884** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0184&pn=1884)

## Votes

- HB 184 PN 1884, Final Passage — **34–16** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Amended — **16–8** (pass) · upper
- HB 184 PN 152, 2021 A372, KEEFER — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **162–39** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — **13–1** (pass) · upper
- HB 184 PN 152, 2021 A356, HOHENSTEIN — **90–111** (fail) · lower
- HB 184 PN 1884, CONCUR — **152–49** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Keefer — primary (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Davanzo — cosponsor (person)
- E. Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Ecker — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Gleim — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalfe — cosponsor (person)
- Moul — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Toohil — cosponsor (person)
- Topper — cosponsor (person)
- Warner — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0152 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2021-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0964 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-04-28T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-04-28T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1884 Re-reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2021-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2021-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2021-09-22T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 71 of 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f92768e-3d3f-49ee-a83d-74ffe6e802cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).