‘General Hospital’s’ Steve Burton Inks New Long-Term as Jason Morgan

Steve Burton will be sticking around General Hospital for at least the next three years. TMZ reports that Burton has signed a new three-year contract with the soap he’s called home off and on since 1991.

New court filings obtained by TMZ in an ongoing custody battle between Burton and his ex-wife, Sheree Gustin, reveal that the actor signed a three-year deal with GH back in June. The papers also state that Burton has moved back to Los Angeles, where GH tapes and where his daughter, Brooklyn, lives. An August TMZ report detailed court documents that stated Burton had been living in Tennessee.

Burton announced that he was taking a break from GH last February, two years after another return to the soap. Burton had left the show in 2021 when he declined to get an ABC-mandated COVID vaccine, but returned in 2024 when the mandate had ended, per Variety.

In March, Burton’s Jason Morgan was carted off to a prison in Jakarta after taking the fall for shooting WSB director Ross Cullum (Andrew Hawkes). The rogue agent was about to kill Jason when Rocco (Finn Carr) shot him from behind. Jason claimed he committed the crime so the teenager would not end up behind bars.

On July 13, Burton returned to GH under a new contract after the WSB released Jason, who decided to start a new life as a legitimate businessman after three decades in the mob. Currently, Jason’s life is in flux as he’s having issues with his girlfriend, Britt Westbourne (Kelly Thiebaud).

In addition to his new contract with the ABC soap, Burton is nominated for a Daytime Emmy for his work as Jason in the Outstanding Lead Actor category. The Daytime Emmys will be presented on October 30.