HB 1465 — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in falsification and intimidation, further providing for the offense of false reports of child abuse.
Congress · introduced 2025-05-14
Latest action: — Referred to JUDICIARY, May 14, 2025
Sponsors
- Russ Diamond (R, PA-102) — sponsor · 2025-05-14
- Craig T. Staats (R, PA-145) — cosponsor · 2025-05-14
- Keith S. Harris (D, PA-195) — cosponsor · 2025-05-14
- Rob W. Kauffman (R, PA-89) — cosponsor · 2025-05-14
- Andrew Kuzma (R, PA-39) — cosponsor · 2025-05-14
- David H. Rowe (R, PA-85) — cosponsor · 2025-05-14
- David H. Zimmerman (R, PA-99) — cosponsor · 2025-05-14
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to JUDICIARY, May 14, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 1725 · 1,364 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 1725
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1465
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY DIAMOND, STAATS, K.HARRIS, KAUFFMAN, KUZMA AND
ROWE, MAY 14, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 14, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in falsification and intimidation,
3 further providing for the offense of false reports of child
4 abuse.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 4906.1 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
9 § 4906.1. False reports of child abuse.
10 A person commits a misdemeanor of the [second] first degree
11 if the person intentionally or knowingly makes a false report of
12 child abuse under 23 Pa.C.S. Ch. 63 (relating to child
13 protective services) or intentionally or knowingly induces a
14 child to make a false claim of child abuse under 23 Pa.C.S. Ch.
15 63.
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.Connected on the graph
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| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
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| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russ Diamond (R, state_lower PA-102) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Andrew Kuzma (R, state_lower PA-39) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Craig T. Staats (R, state_lower PA-145) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | David H. Rowe (R, state_lower PA-85) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | David H. Zimmerman (R, state_lower PA-99) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Keith S. Harris (D, state_lower PA-195) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Rob W. Kauffman (R, state_lower PA-89) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee · pa-leg