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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1616: An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in offenses against the family, further providing for the offense of dealing in infant children; and, in depositions and witnesses, providing for sentencing considerations for child victim offenders.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1616 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania House on June 16, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in offenses against the family, further providing for the offense of dealing in infant children; and, in depositions and witnesses, providing for sentencing considerations for child victim offenders. Primary sponsor: Kyle Donahue (Democratic). It lists 9 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 22, 2026): Referred to Judiciary.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 9 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Kyle DonahuePrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse113
Scott BargerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse80
Danilo BurgosCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse197
Roni GreenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse190
Liz HanbidgeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse61
Carol Hill-EvansCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse95
Carol KazeemCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse159
Tarik KhanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse194
Jeanne McNeillCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse133
Ben SanchezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse153

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Referred to Judiciary
  2. Third consideration and final passage
  3. Re-reported as committed
  4. Re-committed to Appropriations
  5. Second consideration
  6. Removed from table
  7. Laid on the table
  8. First consideration
  9. Reported as amended
  10. Referred to Judiciary

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source