HB 18 — An Act amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in incapacitated persons, further providing for review hearing.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-08
Latest action: — Act No. 39 of 2025, Oct. 27, 2025
Sponsors
- Jeff Olsommer (R, PA-139) — sponsor · 2025-01-08
- Tina Pickett (R, PA-110) — cosponsor · 2025-01-08
- David H. Rowe (R, PA-85) — cosponsor · 2025-01-08
- Jamie L. Flick (R, PA-83) — cosponsor · 2025-01-08
- Jeremy Shaffer (R, PA-28) — cosponsor · 2025-01-08
- Brenda M. Pugh (R, PA-120) — cosponsor · 2025-01-08
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to JUDICIARY, Jan. 8, 2025
- · house — Reported as amended, June 23, 2025
- · house — First consideration, June 23, 2025
- · house — Re-committed to RULES, June 23, 2025
- · house — Re-reported as committed, June 30, 2025
- · house — Second consideration, June 30, 2025
- · house — Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, June 30, 2025
- · house — Re-reported as committed, July 1, 2025
- · house — Third consideration and final passage, July 1, 2025 (202-0)
- · senate — In the Senate
- · senate — Referred to JUDICIARY, July 8, 2025
- · senate — Reported as committed, Sept. 9, 2025
- · senate — First consideration, Sept. 9, 2025
- · senate — Second consideration, Sept. 10, 2025
- · senate — Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, Sept. 10, 2025
- · senate — Re-reported as committed, Oct. 6, 2025
- · senate — Third consideration and final passage, Oct. 7, 2025 (47-1)
- · house — Signed in House, Oct. 8, 2025
- · senate — Signed in Senate, Oct. 20, 2025
- — Presented to the Governor, Oct. 21, 2025
- — Approved by the Governor, Oct. 27, 2025
- — Act No. 39 of 2025, Oct. 27, 2025
- · house — (Remarks see House Journal Page 1187-1188), July 1, 2025
Text versions
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Bill text
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PRINTER'S NO. 3
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 18
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY OLSOMMER, PICKETT AND ROWE, JANUARY 8, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 8, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in incapacitated persons,
3 further providing for review hearing.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 5512.2(a.1) of Title 20 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 5512.2. Review hearing.
9 * * *
10 (a.1) Petition for review.--At any time following the
11 issuance of the order establishing guardianship, any interested
12 person may file a petition with the court to terminate or modify
13 the guardianship. [The court shall promptly schedule a hearing
14 or hold a review hearing at any time it shall direct.] The court
15 shall, within 30 days of the filing of the petition to terminate
16 or modify the guardianship, schedule a hearing or hold a review
17 hearing. The hearing shall be held in the presence of the
18 incapacitated person and the incapacitated person's attorney,
19 and the court shall adhere to the procedures and standards as
1 outlined in section 5512.1(a). If, following the presentation of
2 evidence and testimony from all parties, the court finds that
3 guardianship continues to be necessary and that no less
4 restrictive alternatives exist, the court may order that the
5 guardianship continue. If the court finds that guardianship is
6 no longer necessary or a less restrictive alternative exists,
7 the court shall discharge the guardianship.
8 * * *
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
20250HB0018PN0003 - 2 -Connected on the graph
Outbound (5)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Rules Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | 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 | Jeff Olsommer (R, state_lower PA-139) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Brenda M. Pugh (R, state_lower PA-120) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | David H. Rowe (R, state_lower PA-85) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Jamie L. Flick (R, state_lower PA-83) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Jeremy Shaffer (R, state_lower PA-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Tina Pickett (R, state_lower PA-110) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
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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
Activity
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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Rules Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee · pa-leg