PA HB 1479

introduced

An Act amending Titles 23 (Domestic Relations) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in protection from abuse, further providing for definitions and for relief; and, in protection of victims of sexual violence or intimidation, further providing for definitions and for relief.

Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session (209th General Assembly) · lower

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did PA HB 1479 pass?

Not yet. PA HB 1479 has been introduced but has not advanced to a vote. Latest recorded action (2025-11-17): Laid on the table

What is PA HB 1479 about?

PA HB 1479 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session (209th General Assembly) titled “An Act amending Titles 23 (Domestic Relations) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in protection from abuse, further providing for definitions and for relief; and, in protection of victims of sexual violence or intimidation, further providing for definitions and for relief.”.

Who sponsors PA HB 1479?

Kristin Marcell is the primary sponsor of PA HB 1479, joined by 7 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2025-11-17 — Laid on the table
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

2025-11-17
Laid on the table
2025-11-17
First consideration
reading-1
2025-11-17
Reported as amended
amendment-passage,committee-passage
2025-09-09
Referred to Judiciary
referral-committee

Versions

Printer's No. PN2270Compare
Printer's No. PN2593Compare

Documents

Votes

Committee vote (Judiciary): Adopt Amendment
2025-11-12 · pass · 26-0
Member-level votes (26)
- Tim Briggs: yes
- Aerion Abney: yes
- Andre Carroll: yes
- Kyle Donahue: yes
- Liz Hanbidge: yes
- Joseph Hohenstein: yes
- Kristine Howard: yes
- Malcolm Kenyatta: yes
- Emily Kinkead: yes
- La'Tasha Mayes: yes
- Chris Pielli: yes
- Christopher Rabb: yes
- Benjamin Sanchez: yes
- Melissa Shusterman: yes
- Rob Kauffman: yes
- Timothy Bonner: yes
- Stephanie Borowicz: yes
- Torren Ecker: yes
- Joe Hamm: yes
- Joshua Kail: yes
- Joe Kerwin: yes
- Kate Klunk: yes
- Andrew Kuzma: yes
- Robert Leadbeter: yes
- Jim Rigby: yes
- Stephenie Scialabba: yes
Committee vote (Judiciary): Report Bill As Amended
2025-11-12 · pass · 25-1
Member-level votes (26)
- Tim Briggs: yes
- Aerion Abney: yes
- Andre Carroll: yes
- Kyle Donahue: yes
- Liz Hanbidge: yes
- Joseph Hohenstein: yes
- Kristine Howard: yes
- Malcolm Kenyatta: yes
- Emily Kinkead: yes
- La'Tasha Mayes: yes
- Chris Pielli: yes
- Christopher Rabb: yes
- Benjamin Sanchez: yes
- Melissa Shusterman: yes
- Rob Kauffman: yes
- Timothy Bonner: yes
- Torren Ecker: yes
- Joe Hamm: yes
- Joshua Kail: yes
- Joe Kerwin: yes
- Kate Klunk: yes
- Andrew Kuzma: yes
- Robert Leadbeter: yes
- Jim Rigby: yes
- Stephenie Scialabba: yes
- Stephanie Borowicz: no

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=60&rollcallid=1421&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:31:13.705233Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changes Status and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this session Session dates and activity

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=PA&identifier=HB 1479. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.