Pennsylvania 2025_0 Regular Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 53 D · 1 R cosponsors

HB 443 — An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in authorized disposition of offenders, further providing for sentence for murder, murder of unborn child and murder of law enforcement officer and for sentence of persons under the age of 18 for murder, murder of an unborn child and murder of a law enforcement officer; and, in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, further providing for parole power.

Last action — Referred to JUDICIARY, Feb. 3, 2025

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced February 03, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the House.

Odds of enactment

Low chance

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Prognosis

Advancing 42% · moderate confidence

  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 54 sponsors

    1 primary, 53 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (53 D · 1 R) — cross-party backing.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Summary

Felony Murder

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Referred to JUDICIARY, Feb. 3, 2025

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 53 co-sponsors · 199 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (53)

Not signed on (199)

199 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

public-safety
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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 443 do?
Felony Murder
Who sponsors HB 443?
HB 443 is sponsored by Keith S. Harris (Democratic), Dan K. Williams (Democratic), Tim Briggs (Democratic), Kristine C. Howard (Democratic), Benjamin V. Sanchez (Democratic), Emily Kinkead (Democratic), Carol Hill-Evans (Democratic), Joe Webster (Democratic), Tarik Khan (Democratic), Jose Giral (Democratic), Malcolm Kenyatta (Democratic), Melissa Cerrato (Democratic), Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (Democratic), Chris Pielli (Democratic), La'Tasha D. Mayes (Democratic), Nancy Guenst (Democratic), Joseph C. Hohenstein (Democratic), Kyle Donahue (Democratic), Heather Boyd (Democratic), G. Roni Green (Democratic), Ismail Smith-Wade-El (Democratic), Joanna E. McClinton (Democratic), Greg Scott (Democratic), Jason Dawkins (Democratic), Rick Krajewski (Democratic), Dan Frankel (Democratic), Ben Waxman (Democratic), Elizabeth Fiedler (Democratic), Peter Schweyer (Democratic), Scott Conklin (Democratic), Jeanne McNeill (Democratic), Mary Jo Daley (Democratic), Liz Hanbidge (Democratic), Carol Kazeem (Democratic), John C. Inglis III (Democratic), Justin C. Fleming (Democratic), Lisa A. Borowski (Democratic), Paul Takac (Democratic), MaryLouise Isaacson (Democratic), Gina H. Curry (Democratic), Manuel Guzman (Democratic), Abigail Salisbury (Democratic), Melissa L. Shusterman (Democratic), Maureen E. Madden (Democratic), Christopher M. Rabb (Democratic), Andre D. Carroll (Democratic), Aerion Abney (Democratic), Lindsay Powell (Democratic), Jen Mazzocco (Democratic), Dave Madsen (Democratic), Nikki Rivera (Democratic), Napoleon J. Nelson (Democratic), Amen Brown (Democratic), and Mike Jones (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 443?
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced February 03, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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