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Statute References

2019-2020 Legislation Amending Title 23

These bills amend Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes. To view a list of all statutes that amend this act, visit the Chronological History.

# of House Bills: 56

# of Senate Bills: 20

Bill	Sponsor	Memo
House Bill 73	Rep. ROTHMAN	Marriage License Exception for Hospitalization (Previously HB2290)
House Bill 78	Rep. ROTHMAN	Department of Human Services Child Fatality Reports (Previously HB2506)
House Bill 226	Rep. KENYATTA
House Bill 235	Rep. TOOHIL	Witnessing Consent to Adoption by an Incarcerated Parent
House Bill 236	Rep. TOOHIL	Adoption-Related Counseling Services
House Bill 237	Rep. TOOHIL	Reimbursement of living expenses of birth mother in adoption process
House Bill 243	Rep. D. MILLER	Updating parentage laws for the sake of our kids
House Bill 249	Rep. SAPPEY	Strangulation
House Bill 360	Rep. TOPPER	Minimum Age for Marriage - Former HB2542
House Bill 437	Rep. KAIL	Contempt of Custody Order
House Bill 489	Rep. BOBACK	Fee Waiver - Domestic Violence Victims
House Bill 520	Rep. ORTITAY	Spousal Abuse Alimony Ban
House Bill 587	Rep. DELOZIER	Alimony Pendente Lite Reform – (Former HB 1250)
House Bill 588	Rep. KULIK	Alina's Law (Electronic Monitoring for PFA)
House Bill 647	Rep. MOUL	Adoption Package-Revocation of Consent
House Bill 651	Rep. MOUL	Eliminate waiting period for marriage license
House Bill 653	Rep. MOUL	Indirect Criminal Contempt- prior HB139
House Bill 664	Rep. MURT	Children of Incarcerated Parents (Prior HB704)
House Bill 693	Rep. GILLESPIE	Grandparents Standing for Custody (former HB 585)
House Bill 713	Rep. DeLUCA	Update Filial Obligation Law
House Bill 773	Rep. McCLINTON	Protecting Children By Requiring Parental Overdose To Be Reported
House Bill 824	Rep. CONKLIN	Save Lives, Track the Whereabouts of Domestic Abusers!
House Bill 835	Rep. PETRARCA	State of the Child legislation
House Bill 854	Rep. ECKER	Strangulation Bill
House Bill 1022	Rep. KORTZ	Clarifying the Rights of Parents - Free Range Parenting
House Bill 1043	Rep. PASHINSKI	Reintroduction of Domestic Violence - Court Ordered Drug, Alcohol and Mental Health Evaluations (Former HB1540)
House Bill 1051	Rep. STEPHENS	Protecting Children by Clarifying Penalties for Failing to Report Child Abuse
House Bill 1197	Rep. CALTAGIRONE	Allowing Former Judges and Mayors in Good Standing to Solemnize Marriages
House Bill 1280	Rep. M. K. KELLER	Health Care Co-Ops Legislation
House Bill 1290	Rep. POLINCHOCK	Child Abuse Reporting and Military Personnel
House Bill 1397	Rep. HELM	Equality in Parenting Time
House Bill 1428	Rep. SCHLOSSBERG	Justice for Sexual Assault Victims
House Bill 1432	Rep. KULIK	Pet Custody in Divorce Cases
House Bill 1587	Rep. T. DAVIS
House Bill 1633	Rep. BOBACK
House Bill 1634	Rep. BOBACK
House Bill 1703	Rep. KENYATTA	Marriage Equality – Repealing Section 1704 (Marriage Between Persons of the Same Sex)
House Bill 1749	Rep. TOOHIL	Child Protection Ombudsman (aka Office of the Child Advocate)
House Bill 1777	Rep. BOBACK	Performance of Marriage Ceremonies to Include Legislators
House Bill 1955	Rep. MENTZER	Service of Emergency Protection from Abuse Orders
House Bill 1966	Rep. McNEILL	Updating Who Can Officiate Marriages
House Bill 1984	Rep. BENNINGHOFF	Protecting Victims of Rape and their Children
House Bill 2051	Rep. T. DAVIS	Coordination Between DHS and Schools to Stop Child Abuse
House Bill 2125	Rep. MURT	Female Genital Mutilation Part II
House Bill 2178	Rep. ROWE	Human Trafficking Package
House Bill 2183	Rep. SAYLOR	Family Court Reform
House Bill 2208	Rep. KEEFER	Substance Abuse During Pregnancy
House Bill 2228	Rep. ZABEL	Protection from Abuse Hearings: Unpaid Leave
House Bill 2284	Rep. FARRY	Emergency Protection From Abuse (PFA) Orders
House Bill 2306	Rep. ROZZI	HOMELESS MINORS ABILITY TO CONTRACT FOR SERVICES
House Bill 2314	Rep. WEBSTER	Waiving the Fee for Copies of Marriage Licenses
House Bill 2363	Rep. TOOHIL	Co-sponsorship Memo for PFA Custody Provision
House Bill 2503	Rep. B. MILLER	Provisional Hiring Parity Legislation
House Bill 2808	Rep. TOOHIL	Amending Bureau of Hearings & Appeals to Further Protect Child Victims
House Bill 2853	Rep. IRVIN	Life Insurance Policies and Divorce
House Bill 2888	Rep. HOWARD	Co-Sponsorship: Restraining Orders and Social Media Communication
Senate Bill 81	Sen. SABATINA	Ending Child Marriage in Pennsylvania
Senate Bill 86	Sen. BROOKS	Adding Urgent Care Centers to the Safe Haven Law
Senate Bill 120	Sen. DiSANTO	Streamlining and Expediting the Adoption Process
Senate Bill 125	Sen. BOSCOLA	Shared Telephone Contract Opt-out for Victims of Domestic Violence
Senate Bill 196	Sen. HUGHES	Allowing Electronic Monitoring of Defendants as an Option of Relief in Protection From Abuse (PFA) Orders
Senate Bill 226	Sen. WHITE	Protecting unborn children from illegal drug use during pregnancy
Senate Bill 275	Sen. J. WARD	Strangulation Legislation
Senate Bill 344	Sen. HAYWOOD	Firearm Eligibility License
Senate Bill 354	Sen. BOSCOLA	Termination of Parental Rights (Kimberlee's Law)
Senate Bill 368	Sen. BOSCOLA	Mandatory Reporting of Infants Born with Addiction
Senate Bill 540	Sen. KEARNEY	Abolishment of the Statute of Limitations for Victims of Sexual Abuse, Assault, and Misconduct
Senate Bill 641	Sen. PHILLIPS-HILL	Ensuring a Drug-Free Home for our Kinship and Foster Children
Senate Bill 683	Sen. BOSCOLA	Recommendations from the 40th Statewide Investigating Grand Jury Report on Abuse
Senate Bill 776	Sen. BROOKS	Expansion of Grandparent Adoption Rights
Senate Bill 781	Sen. FARNESE	Grandparents Visitation
Senate Bill 833	Sen. FARNESE	Civil Cellebrants
Senate Bill 868	Sen. SANTARSIERO	Abuse in Child Custody Proceedings - Kayden's Law
Senate Bill 1031	Sen. KILLION	Emergency Protection From Abuse (PFA) Orders
Senate Bill 1075	Sen. ARNOLD	Enhancing the penalties for child pornography
Senate Bill 1204	Sen. FARNESE