HB 350 Pennsylvania House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

An Act amending Titles 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries), 23 (Domestic Relations) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in intestate succession, further providing for rules of succession; in administration and personal representatives, providing for liability of executor; in proceedings prior to petition to adopt, further providing for rules of succession, for hearing, for alternative procedure for relinquishment and for hearing; in support matters generally, further providing general administration of support matters, repealing provisions relating to paternity and further providing 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; 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; and, in organization and jurisdiction of courts of common pleas, further providing for original jurisdiction and venue.

HB 350 updates Pennsylvania's laws on inheritance, parentage, and court procedures. It establishes the Uniform Parentage Act, creating new rules for establishing parent-child relationships through assisted reproduction, surrogacy agreements, and genetic testing, while repealing outdated paternity acknowledgment provisions. The bill modifies hearing requirements for adoption and parental rights termination, requiring specific notice to putative fathers and clarifying when parental rights may be terminated without their presence. It also adds protections for executors who fail to notify estates about assisted reproduction births that could affect inheritance. These changes directly affect families navigating adoption, surrogacy, inheritance disputes, and court cases involving parentage.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
House Passage
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 7, 2025 Last action Jun 24, 2025
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What changed between versions

Printer's No. PN1880 Printer's No. PN1937 · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill update primarily involves technical formatting changes and administrative updates rather than substantive policy shifts. The most significant change is the update of the bill's printer number from PN 1880 to PN 1937, reflecting its progression through the legislative process. Additionally, the committee reporting status was updated to reflect 'Second Consideration' instead of the initial report, and a small text correction was made to clarify the term 'child-care facility' in the definition of identifying information.
Scope change
No substantive change to the bill's scope, applicability, or legal requirements; changes are limited to administrative metadata and minor text corrections.
TECHNICAL

Updated the bill's printer number from PN 1880 to PN 1937 to reflect the current version of the text.

TIMELINE

Changed the committee reporting status from 'As Reported' to 'As Amended on Second Consideration' and updated the date from June 10 to June 16, 2025.

DEFINITION

Corrected a typo in the definition of identifying information, changing 'CHILD-CARE' to 'child-care' for consistency.

Floor votes · House Jun 23, 2025

How they voted

11291
Passed
Total votes 203
Jun 23, 2025
D Democratic102
101 Yea 1 Nay
99% Yea
R Republican101
11 Yea 90 Nay
89% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
4
Committee
6
Amendments
1
Jun 24, 2025
Committee
Referred to Judiciary
upper
Jun 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
lower
Jun 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
Jun 16, 2025
Committee
Re-committed to Appropriations
lower
Jun 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
Jun 10, 2025
Committee
Re-committed to Rules
lower
Jun 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported as amended
lower
Apr 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to Children & Youth
lower
1 primary · 39 co-sponsors

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