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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act amending Titles 23 (Domestic Relations) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in child custody, further providing for definitions, for award of custody, for factors to consider when awarding custody, for consideration of criminal conviction, for guardian ad litem for child, for counsel for child and for award of counsel fees, costs and expenses; and, in Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, providing for child abuse and domestic abuse education and training program for judges and court personnel."
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description: "An Act amending Titles 23 (Domestic Relations) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in child custody, further providing for definitions, for award of custody, for factors to consider when awarding custody, for consideration of criminal conviction, for guardian ad litem for child, for counsel for child and for award of counsel fees, costs and expenses; and, in Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, providing for child abuse and domestic abuse education and training program for judges and court personnel."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
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legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
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session: "2023-2024"
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identifier: "SB 55"
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citation: "Pennsylvania SB 55 (2023-2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Steven Santarsiero"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2023-10-11T04:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25b55dc1-0121-4d56-8740-bab6db9781d5"
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source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=60&rollcallid=1313&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
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source_hash: "179020cd2212bf816b8936d6a44ab8bed05748f15cda022d5111a9b30f2bbd2f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
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---
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# Pennsylvania SB 55 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Titles 23 (Domestic Relations) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in child custody, further providing for definitions, for award of custody, for factors to consider when awarding custody, for consideration of criminal conviction, for guardian ad litem for child, for counsel for child and for award of counsel fees, costs and expenses; and, in Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, providing for child abuse and domestic abuse education and training program for judges and court personnel.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Printer's No. PN1161** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0055/PN1161)
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2. **Printer's No. PN1169** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0055/PN1169)
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3. **Senate Amendment A02545** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A02545)
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## Votes
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- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
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- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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- FINAL PASSAGE — **119–82** (pass) · lower
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- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
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- Committee vote (Judiciary): Report Bill As Committed — **25–0** (pass) · lower
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- Committee vote (Judiciary): Adopt Amendment — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Committee vote (Judiciary): Reported as Amended — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Steven Santarsiero — primary (person)
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- Art Haywood — cosponsor (person)
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- Camera Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
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- Carolyn Comitta — cosponsor (person)
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- Christine Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)
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- Cris Dush — cosponsor (person)
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- Frank Farry — cosponsor (person)
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- James Brewster — cosponsor (person)
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- Jay Costa — cosponsor (person)
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- Jimmy Dillon — cosponsor (person)
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- John Kane — cosponsor (person)
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- Judith Schwank — cosponsor (person)
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- Kristin Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
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- Lisa Baker — cosponsor (person)
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- Lynda Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
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- Maria Collett — cosponsor (person)
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- Nick Miller — cosponsor (person)
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- Rosemary Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Scott Martin — cosponsor (person)
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- Tracy Pennycuick — cosponsor (person)
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- Vincent Hughes — cosponsor (person)
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- Wayne Fontana — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-10-11T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2023-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2023-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
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- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
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- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-12-28T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
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- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
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- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
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- **2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
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- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
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- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 8 of 2024
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25b55dc1-0121-4d56-8740-bab6db9781d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
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