PA HB 1613

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An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in juvenile matters, further providing for definitions and for release or delivery to court, providing for mandatory counsel, for child interrogation and for refusal to be recorded electronically and further providing for powers and duties of the Juvenile Court Judges' Commission.

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

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Quick answers

Did PA HB 1613 pass?

Not yet. PA HB 1613 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-10-08): Re-committed to Appropriations

What is PA HB 1613 about?

PA HB 1613 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session (209th General Assembly) titled “An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in juvenile matters, further providing for definitions and for release or delivery to court, providing for mandatory counsel, for child interrogation and for refusal to be recorded electronically and further providing for powers and duties of the Juvenile Court Judges' Commission.”.

Who sponsors PA HB 1613?

Liz Hanbidge is the primary sponsor of PA HB 1613, joined by 16 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2025-10-08 — Re-committed to Appropriations
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2025-10-08
Re-committed to Appropriations
referral-committee
2025-10-08
Second consideration, with amendments
reading-2
2025-10-07
Removed from table
2025-09-23
Laid on the table
2025-09-23
First consideration
reading-1
2025-09-23
Reported as committed
committee-passage
2025-06-16
Referred to Judiciary
referral-committee

Versions

Printer's No. PN1930Compare
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Documents

Votes

Committee vote (Judiciary): Report Bill As Committed
2025-09-22 · pass · 14-12
Member-level votes (26)
- Tim Briggs: 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
- Dan Miller: yes
- Chris Pielli: yes
- Christopher Rabb: yes
- Benjamin Sanchez: yes
- Melissa Shusterman: yes
- Rob Kauffman: no
- Timothy Bonner: no
- Stephanie Borowicz: no
- Torren Ecker: no
- Joe Hamm: no
- Joshua Kail: no
- Joe Kerwin: no
- Kate Klunk: no
- Andrew Kuzma: no
- Robert Leadbeter: no
- Jim Rigby: no
- Stephenie Scialabba: no
A1830
2025-10-08 · pass · 102-101
Member-level votes (203)
- Aerion Abney: yes
- Marc Anderson: no
- Mike Armanini: no
- Jacob Banta: no
- Scott Barger: no
- Jamie Barton: no
- Josh Bashline: no
- Anthony Bellmon: yes
- Jessica Benham: yes
- Kerry Benninghoff: no
- Aaron Bernstine: no
- Ryan Bizzarro: yes
- Timothy Bonner: no
- Stephanie Borowicz: no
- Lisa Borowski: yes
- Heather Boyd: yes
- Matthew Bradford: yes
- Tim Brennan: yes
- Tim Briggs: yes
- Amen Brown: yes
- Marla Brown: no
- Danilo Burgos: yes
- Frank Burns: yes
- Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz: yes
- Andre Carroll: yes
- Martin Causer: no
- Morgan Cephas: yes
- Melissa Cerrato: yes
- Joe Ciresi: yes
- Scott Conklin: yes
- Bud Cook: no
- Jill Cooper: no
- Gina Curry: yes
- Bryan Cutler: no
- Joseph D'Orsie: no
- Mary Jo Daley: yes
- Eric Davanzo: no
- Nathan Davidson: yes
- Tina Davis: yes
- Jason Dawkins: yes
- Gary Day: no
- Daniel Deasy: yes
- David Delloso: yes
- Sheryl Delozier: no
- Russ Diamond: no
- Kyle Donahue: yes
- Sean Dougherty: yes
- Torren Ecker: no
- Joe Emrick: no
- Mindy Fee: no
- Elizabeth Fiedler: yes
- Wendy Fink: no
- Justin Fleming: yes
- Jamie Flick: no
- Ann Flood: no
- Dan Frankel: yes
- Robert Freeman: yes
- Paul Friel: yes
- Jonathan Fritz: no
- Pat Gallagher: yes
- Valerie Gaydos: no
- Mark Gillen: no
- Jose Giral: yes
- Barbara Gleim: no
- Dan Goughnour: yes
- G. Roni Green: yes
- Keith Greiner: no
- Seth Grove: no
- Nancy Guenst: yes
- Manuel Guzman: yes
- Jim Haddock: yes
- Joe Hamm: no
- Liz Hanbidge: yes
- Patrick Harkins: yes
- Jordan Harris: yes
- Keith Harris: yes
- Doyle Heffley: no
- Carol Hill-Evans: yes
- Joe Hogan: no
- Joseph Hohenstein: yes
- Kristine Howard: yes
- John Inglis Iii: yes
- Rich Irvin: no
- Marylouise Isaacson: yes
- R. Lee James: no
- Mike Jones: no
- Tom Jones: no
- Joshua Kail: no
- Rob Kauffman: no
- Carol Kazeem: yes
- Malcolm Kenyatta: yes
- Dallas Kephart: no
- Joe Kerwin: no
- Tarik Khan: yes
- Emily Kinkead: yes
- Kate Klunk: no
- Bridget Kosierowski: yes
- Roman Kozak: no
- Rick Krajewski: yes
- Leanne Krueger: yes
- Charity Krupa: no
- Anita Kulik: yes
- Thomas Kutz: no
- Andrew Kuzma: no
- Shelby Labs: no
- John Lawrence: no
- Robert Leadbeter: no
- Milou Mackenzie: no
- Maureen Madden: yes
- Dave Madsen: yes
- Abby Major: no
- Zachary Mako: no
- Steven Malagari: yes
- David Maloney: no
- Kristin Marcell: no
- Brandon Markosek: yes
- Robert Matzie: yes
- La'Tasha Mayes: yes
- Joe Mcandrew: yes
- Joanna Mcclinton: yes
- Jeanne Mcneill: yes
- Thomas Mehaffie: no
- Steven Mentzer: no
- Robert Merski: yes
- Carl Metzgar: no
- Natalie Mihalek: no
- Brett Miller: no
- Dan Miller: yes
- Dan Moul: no
- Kyle Mullins: yes
- Brian Munroe: yes
- Marci Mustello: no
- Ed Neilson: yes
- Eric Nelson: no
- Napoleon J. Nelson: yes
- Jennifer O'Mara: yes
- Timothy J. O'Neal: no
- Jeff Olsommer: no
- Jason Ortitay: no
- Danielle Friel Otten: yes
- Clint Owlett: no
- Darisha K. Parker: yes
- Eddie Pashinski: yes
- Tina Pickett: no
- Chris Pielli: yes
- Lindsay Powell: yes
- Tarah Probst: yes
- Jim Prokopiak: yes
- Brenda Pugh: no
- Christopher Rabb: yes
- Jack Rader: no
- Kathy Rapp: no
- Brian Rasel: no
- Chad Reichard: no
- Jim Rigby: no
- Nikki Rivera: yes
- Brad Roae: no
- Leslie Rossi: no
- David Rowe: no
- Jacklyn Rusnock: yes
- Alec Ryncavage: no
- Abigail Salisbury: yes
- Steve Samuelson: yes
- Benjamin Sanchez: yes
- Christina Sappey: yes
- Donna Scheuren: no
- John Schlegel: no
- Michael Schlossberg: yes
- Louis Schmitt: no
- Peter Schweyer: yes
- Stephenie Scialabba: no
- Greg Scott: yes
- Jeremy Shaffer: no
- Melissa Shusterman: yes
- Joshua Siegel: yes
- Brian Smith: no
- Ismail Smith-Wade-El: yes
- Jared Solomon: yes
- Craig Staats: no
- Perry A. Stambaugh: no
- Mandy Steele: yes
- Joanne Stehr: no
- Michael Stender: no
- James Struzzi: no
- Paul Takac: yes
- Kathleen Tomlinson: no
- Jesse Topper: no
- Tim Twardzik: no
- Arvind Venkat: yes
- Greg Vitali: yes
- Jamie Walsh: no
- Ryan Warner: no
- Perry Warren: yes
- Dane Watro: no
- Ben Waxman: yes
- Eric Weaknecht: no
- Joe Webster: yes
- Parke Wentling: no
- Martina White: no
- Craig Williams: no
- Dan Williams: yes
- Regina G. Young: yes
- David Zimmerman: no

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