2025–2026 Regular Session · House of Representatives bill

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.

In committee Last action February 3, 2025: Referred to Judiciary

Official bill page and text: palegis.us

Sponsors 54

Prime sponsor

Tim Briggs

Cosponsors (53)

Abigail Salisbury, Aerion Abney, Amen Brown, Andre Carroll, Ben Waxman, Benjamin Sanchez, Carol Hill-Evans, Carol Kazeem, Chris Pielli, Christopher Rabb, Dan Frankel, Dan Williams, Dave Madsen, Elizabeth Fiedler, Emily Kinkead, G. Roni Green, Gina Curry, Greg Scott, Heather Boyd, Ismail Smith-Wade-El, Jason Dawkins, Jeanne Mcneill, Jen Mazzocco, Joanna Mcclinton, Joe Webster, Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz, John Inglis Iii, Jose Giral, Joseph Hohenstein, Justin Fleming, Keith Harris, Kristine Howard, Kyle Donahue, La'Tasha Mayes, Lindsay Powell, Lisa Borowski, Liz Hanbidge, Malcolm Kenyatta, Manuel Guzman, Mary Jo Daley, Marylouise Isaacson, Maureen Madden, Melissa Cerrato, Melissa Shusterman, Mike Jones, Nancy Guenst, Napoleon J. Nelson, Nikki Rivera, Paul Takac, Peter Schweyer, Rick Krajewski, Scott Conklin, Tarik Khan

Status

In committee as of February 3, 2025. Session ends November 30, 2026; the 2027–2028 session begins in January 2027.

Roll-call votes 0

No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.

Timeline 1

Date	Chamber	Action
February 3, 2025	House	Referred to Judiciary

Data: Open States (API v3; public data, attribution appreciated), updated November 5, 2026. Official record: palegis.us. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.