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Read. Follow. Verify.Pennsylvania Bill SB 1500 allows temporary custody modification for missed parenting time due to contempt
Last action · October 26, 2026: Referred to JUDICIARY, Oct. 26, 2026Sponsors: John Kane and 1 other
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What This Bill Would Do
Pennsylvania Senate Bill 1500 allows courts to temporarily modify child custody schedules to provide for a party whose time was lost due to another party's willful noncompliance with a custody order. The act takes effect in 60 days.
Parents involved in custody disputes gain a statutory remedy to recover parenting time missed due to court-ordered violations through adjusted schedules, altering how courts address custody order noncompliance.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Parents in custody disputes
Litigants in custody cases face new statutory mechanisms regarding penalties for noncompliance with custody orders and opportunities for compensatory parenting time.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
1 action- Oct 26, 2026SenateCommitteeReferred to JUDICIARY, Oct. 26, 2026
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0–100- Significance45How much this matters to a regular citizen
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