A04946
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
350
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY SANCHEZ, D. MILLER, MADDEN, PROBST, CEPEDA-
FREYTIZ, DELLOSO, HANBIDGE, GUENST, KINKEAD, HOWARD,
N. NELSON, GREEN, MERCURI AND WAXMAN, MARCH 13, 2023
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 5, 2024
AN ACT
Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, adding provisions relating to
establishment of parent-child relationship for certain
individuals; providing for voluntary acknowledgment of
parentage, for registry of paternity, for genetic testing,
for proceeding to adjudicate parentage, for assisted
reproduction, for surrogacy agreements and for information
about donors.
AMENDING TITLE 23 (DOMESTIC RELATIONS) OF THE PENNSYLVANIA
CONSOLIDATED STATUTES, IN PROCEEDINGS PRIOR TO PETITION TO
ADOPT, FURTHER PROVIDING FOR HEARING, FOR ALTERNATIVE
PROCEDURE FOR RELINQUISHMENT AND FOR HEARING; IN SUPPORT
MATTERS GENERALLY, FURTHER PROVIDING FOR PATERNITY AND FOR
CONTINUING JURISDICTION OVER SUPPORT ORDERS; IN GENERAL
PROVISIONS RELATING TO CHILDREN AND MINORS, REPEALING
PROVISIONS RELATING TO ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND CLAIM OF PATERNITY;
IN JURISDICTION, FURTHER PROVIDING FOR BASES FOR JURISDICTION
OVER NONRESIDENT; ENACTING THE UNIFORM PARENTAGE ACT; AND
PROVIDING FOR PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP FOR CERTAIN
INDIVIDUALS, FOR VOLUNTARY ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PARENTAGE, FOR
GENETIC TESTING, FOR PROCEEDING TO ADJUDICATE PARENTAGE, FOR
ASSISTED REPRODUCTION, FOR SURROGACY AGREEMENTS AND FOR
INFORMATION ABOUT DONORS.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 23 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a part to read:
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