HB 1800 — An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in preliminary provisions relating to marriage, further providing for definitions; and, in miscellaneous provisions relating to marriage, repealing provisions relating to marriage between persons of the same sex.
Congress · introduced 2025-08-14
Latest action: — Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, April 1, 2026
Sponsors
- Malcolm Kenyatta (D, PA-181) — sponsor · 2025-08-14
- Jessica Benham (D, PA-36) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Jamie L. Flick (R, PA-83) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Danilo Burgos (D, PA-197) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- La'Tasha D. Mayes (D, PA-24) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Tim Brennan (D, PA-29) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Michael H. Schlossberg (D, PA-132) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Chris Pielli (D, PA-156) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Danielle Friel Otten (D, PA-155) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- MaryLouise Isaacson (D, PA-175) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Ben Waxman (D, PA-182) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Arvind Venkat (D, PA-30) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Lisa A. Borowski (D, PA-168) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Perry S. Warren (D, PA-31) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Dave Madsen (D, PA-104) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Emily Kinkead (D, PA-20) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Jeanne McNeill (D, PA-133) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Elizabeth Fiedler (D, PA-184) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Carol Hill-Evans (D, PA-95) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Christina D. Sappey (D, PA-158) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Maureen E. Madden (D, PA-115) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Christopher M. Rabb (D, PA-200) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Tarah Probst (D, PA-189) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Kyle Donahue (D, PA-113) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Ismail Smith-Wade-El (D, PA-49) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Kristine C. Howard (D, PA-167) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Robert Freeman (D, PA-136) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, PA-153) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Liz Hanbidge (D, PA-61) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Joseph C. Hohenstein (D, PA-177) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Nancy Guenst (D, PA-152) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Jen Mazzocco (D, PA-42) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Melissa Cerrato (D, PA-151) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Steven R. Malagari (D, PA-53) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Heather Boyd (D, PA-163) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Joe Ciresi (D, PA-146) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Jennifer O'Mara (D, PA-165) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Melissa L. Shusterman (D, PA-157) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Nikki Rivera (D, PA-96) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Rick Krajewski (D, PA-188) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- G. Roni Green (D, PA-190) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Greg Vitali (D, PA-166) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Joe Webster (D, PA-150) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Peter Schweyer (D, PA-134) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Steve Samuelson (D, PA-135) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Dan Frankel (D, PA-23) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Paul Takac (D, PA-82) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Paul Friel (D, PA-26) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Mary Jo Daley (D, PA-148) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Abigail Salisbury (D, PA-34) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Ana Tiburcio (D, PA-22) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Tarik Khan (D, PA-194) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Justin C. Fleming (D, PA-105) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
- Tim Briggs (D, PA-149) — cosponsor · 2025-08-14
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to JUDICIARY, Aug. 14, 2025
- · house — Reported as committed, March 19, 2026
- · house — First consideration, March 19, 2026
- · house — Laid on the table, March 19, 2026
- · house — Removed from table, March 23, 2026
- · house — Second consideration, March 24, 2026
- · house — Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, March 24, 2026
- · house — Re-reported as committed, March 25, 2026
- · house — Third consideration and final passage, March 25, 2026 (127-72)
- · house — (Remarks see House Journal Page ), March 25, 2026
- · senate — In the Senate
- · senate — Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, April 1, 2026
Text versions
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Bill text
Printer's No. 2214 · 2,386 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 2214
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1800
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY KENYATTA, BENHAM, FLICK, BURGOS, MAYES, BRENNAN,
SCHLOSSBERG, PIELLI, OTTEN, ISAACSON, WAXMAN, VENKAT,
BOROWSKI, WARREN, MADSEN, KINKEAD, McNEILL, FIEDLER, HILL-
EVANS, SAPPEY, MADDEN, RABB, PROBST, DONAHUE, SMITH-WADE-EL,
HOWARD, FREEMAN, SANCHEZ, HANBIDGE, HOHENSTEIN, GUENST,
D. MILLER, CERRATO, MALAGARI, BOYD, CIRESI, O'MARA,
SHUSTERMAN, RIVERA, KRAJEWSKI AND GREEN, AUGUST 13, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, AUGUST 14, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in preliminary provisions relating to
3 marriage, further providing for definitions; and, in
4 miscellaneous provisions relating to marriage, repealing
5 provisions relating to marriage between persons of the same
6 sex.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. The definition of "marriage" in section 1102 of
10 Title 23 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to
11 read:
12 § 1102. Definitions.
13 The following words and phrases when used in this part shall
14 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
15 context clearly indicates otherwise:
16 * * *
17 "Marriage." [A civil contract by which one man and one woman
1 take each other for husband and wife.] A civil contract between
2 two individuals.
3 * * *
4 Section 2. Section 1704 of Title 23 is repealed:
5 [§ 1704. Marriage between persons of the same sex.
6 It is hereby declared to be the strong and longstanding
7 public policy of this Commonwealth that marriage shall be
8 between one man and one woman. A marriage between persons of the
9 same sex which was entered into in another state or foreign
10 jurisdiction, even if valid where entered into, shall be void in
11 this Commonwealth.]
12 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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Outbound (3)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate State Government Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Committees
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 | Malcolm Kenyatta (D, state_lower PA-181) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Abigail Salisbury (D, state_lower PA-34) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Ana Tiburcio (D, state_lower PA-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Arvind Venkat (D, state_lower PA-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Ben Waxman (D, state_lower PA-182) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, state_lower PA-153) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Carol Hill-Evans (D, state_lower PA-95) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Chris Pielli (D, state_lower PA-156) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Christina D. Sappey (D, state_lower PA-158) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Christopher M. Rabb (D, state_lower PA-200) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Dan Frankel (D, state_lower PA-23) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Danielle Friel Otten (D, state_lower PA-155) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Danilo Burgos (D, state_lower PA-197) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Dave Madsen (D, state_lower PA-104) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Elizabeth Fiedler (D, state_lower PA-184) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Emily Kinkead (D, state_lower PA-20) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | G. Roni Green (D, state_lower PA-190) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Greg Vitali (D, state_lower PA-166) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Heather Boyd (D, state_lower PA-163) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Ismail Smith-Wade-El (D, state_lower PA-49) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Jamie L. Flick (R, state_lower PA-83) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 22 | Jeanne McNeill (D, state_lower PA-133) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 23 | Jen Mazzocco (D, state_lower PA-42) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 24 | Jennifer O'Mara (D, state_lower PA-165) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 25 | Jessica Benham (D, state_lower PA-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
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 State Government Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee · pa-leg