HB 1760 Pennsylvania House · 2023-2024 Regular Session

An Act amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in intestate succession, further providing for forfeiture; in wills, further providing for modification by circumstances; in slayers, further providing for definition of terms, providing for elder abuser not to acquire property, further providing for descent, distribution, dower, curtesy, and statutory rights as survivor, for legacies, for tenancies by the entirety, for joint tenants, joint owners and joint obligees, for reversions and vested remainders, for interests dependent on survivorship or continuance of life, for contingent remainders and executory or other future interests, for powers of appointment, for proceeds of insurance, for bona fide payment by insurance company or obligor, for bona fide purchasers, for record of conviction as evidence and for preadjudication rule and providing for intent to transfer notwithstanding elder abuse; and making an editorial change.

This bill updates Pennsylvania laws regarding inheritance to prevent individuals who kill others or commit elder abuse from profiting from their crimes. It specifically bars people convicted of murdering a victim or abusing an elderly person from receiving any property, benefits, or inheritance that would normally pass to them. The legislation treats these individuals as if they died before the victim for the purpose of distributing assets, while also defining specific rules for how shared property like joint accounts or tenancies are handled in these cases. By amending the state's decedents, estates, and fiduciaries statutes, the law ensures that assets left by victims go to their rightful heirs rather than to those who harmed them.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2023
Committee Review
Jun 2024
House Passage
Dec 2023
Senate Passage
Jun 2024
Signed into Law
Jul 2024
Introduced Oct 16, 2023 Signed Jul 1, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Jun 27, 2024 · House Dec 13, 2023

How they voted

410
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 42
Jun 27, 2024
D Democratic16
15 Yea 1
93% Yea
R Republican26
26 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
8
Committee
10
Jul 1, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor
upper
Jun 27, 2024
Upper · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
upper
Jun 3, 2024
Upper · Passed
Re-reported as committed
upper
Mar 20, 2024
Committee
Re-referred to Appropriations
upper
Mar 19, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported as committed
upper
Jan 5, 2024
Committee
Referred to Aging & Youth
upper
Dec 13, 2023
Lower · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
lower
Dec 13, 2023
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
Dec 12, 2023
Committee
Re-committed to Appropriations
lower
Oct 31, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported as committed
lower
Oct 30, 2023
Committee
Re-referred to Judiciary
lower
Oct 30, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported with request to re-refer to Judiciary
lower
Oct 16, 2023
Committee
Referred to Aging & Older Adult Services
lower
1 primary · 14 co-sponsors

Sponsors