republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2023-2024/sb-55.md

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Bill	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.	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.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2023-2024	SB 55	Pennsylvania SB 55 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Steven Santarsiero	3	21	7	2023-10-11T04:00:00+00:00	2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/25b55dc1-0121-4d56-8740-bab6db9781d5	https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=60&rollcallid=1313&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0	179020cd2212bf816b8936d6a44ab8bed05748f15cda022d5111a9b30f2bbd2f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

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.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. PN1161 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. PN1169 (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Amendment A02545 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 119–82 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Judiciary): Report Bill As Committed — 25–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Judiciary): Adopt Amendment — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Judiciary): Reported as Amended — 14–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Steven Santarsiero — primary (person)
• Art Haywood — cosponsor (person)
• Camera Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
• Carolyn Comitta — cosponsor (person)
• Christine Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)
• Cris Dush — cosponsor (person)
• Frank Farry — cosponsor (person)
• James Brewster — cosponsor (person)
• Jay Costa — cosponsor (person)
• Jimmy Dillon — cosponsor (person)
• John Kane — cosponsor (person)
• Judith Schwank — cosponsor (person)
• Kristin Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Lisa Baker — cosponsor (person)
• Lynda Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
• Maria Collett — cosponsor (person)
• Nick Miller — cosponsor (person)
• Rosemary Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Scott Martin — cosponsor (person)
• Tracy Pennycuick — cosponsor (person)
• Vincent Hughes — cosponsor (person)
• Wayne Fontana — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-10-11T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2023-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2023-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2023-12-28T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 Act No. 8 of 2024

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/25b55dc1-0121-4d56-8740-bab6db9781d5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).