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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 436: An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in child protective services, further providing for definitions, for reporting procedure, for disposition of complaints received, for responsibility for investigation, for access to information in Statewide database, for information in Statewide database and for release of information in confidential reports.

In committee 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

SB 436 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate on March 17, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in child protective services, further providing for definitions, for reporting procedure, for disposition of complaints received, for responsibility for investigation, for access to information in Statewide database, for information in Statewide database and for release of information in confidential reports. Primary sponsor: Tracy Pennycuick (Republican). It lists 15 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 23, 2025): Re-referred to Appropriations.

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 7 · Republican 9

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tracy PennycuickPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate24
Lisa BakerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate20
Camera BartolottaCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate46
Lisa BoscolaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate18
Rosemary BrownCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate40
Jay CostaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate43
Cris DushCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate25
Frank FarryCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Wayne FontanaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate42
Art HaywoodCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate4
Katie MuthCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate44
Kristin Phillips-HillCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate28
Devlin RobinsonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate37
Judy SchwankCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11
Tina TartaglioneCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate2
Judy WardCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate30

“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. Re-referred to Appropriations
  2. Second consideration
  3. First consideration
  4. Reported as committed
  5. Referred to Health & Human Services

Sources

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