Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on September 25, 2018. The 2017–2018 session has ended.
2017–2018 Regular Session
House Bill 56
An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in proceedings prior to petition to adopt, repealing provisions relating to counseling and providing for adoption-related counseling services.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
January 31, 2017 to September 25, 2018, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action18 actions on 11 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 31 to Mar 1341 days
Children & YouthJan 31 to Feb 66 days
AppropriationsFeb 8 to Mar 1333 days
In the SenateMar 13 to Sep 25 · stopped561 days
JudiciaryMar 20 to Mar 27372 days
AppropriationsMay 23 to Jun 1321 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the General Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
House of Representatives, third reading189–0
Passed · Mar 13
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
Senate floor amendmentAdopted
Adopted Jun 20, 2018
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Jan 31 – Mar 13
- Jan 31Sent to CHILDREN AND YOUTH
- Feb 6CHILDREN AND YOUTH recommended it
- Feb 8Read a second time
- Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
- Mar 13APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
- Passed the House of Representatives, 189 to 0
In the Senate Mar 20 – Jun 20, 2018
- Mar 20Arrived in the Senate
- Sent to JUDICIARY
- Mar 27, 2018JUDICIARY recommended it
- May 23, 2018Read a second time
- Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
- Jun 13, 2018APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
- Jun 20, 2018Amended on the floor
All 18 actions, as published
- Jan 31Referred to CHILDREN AND YOUTH, Jan. 31, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
- Feb 6Reported as committed, Feb. 6, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
- Feb 6First consideration, Feb. 6, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
- Feb 6Laid on the table, Feb. 6, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
- Feb 7Removed from table, Feb. 7, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
- Feb 8Second consideration, Feb. 8, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
- Feb 8Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, Feb. 8, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
- Mar 13Re-reported as committed, March 13, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
- Mar 13Third consideration and final passage, March 13, 2017 (189-0) [House]House of Representatives
- Mar 20In the Senate [Senate]Senate
- Mar 20Referred to JUDICIARY, March 20, 2017 [Senate]Senate
- Mar 27, 2018Reported as committed, March 27, 2018 [Senate]Senate
- Mar 27, 2018First consideration, March 27, 2018 [Senate]Senate
- May 23, 2018Second consideration, May 23, 2018 [Senate]Senate
- May 23, 2018Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, May 23, 2018 [Senate]Senate
- Jun 13, 2018Re-reported as committed, June 13, 2018 [Senate]Senate
- Jun 20, 2018Amended on third consideration, June 20, 2018 [Senate]Senate
- Sep 25, 2018Laid on the table, Sept. 25, 2018 [Senate]Senate