SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3075
PRINTER'S NO. 4112
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1885
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY WHITE, METCALFE, KNOWLES, READSHAW, D. COSTA,
BLOOM, IRVIN, GREINER, TOEPEL, TOPPER, MILLARD, BARRAR,
SANKEY, STAATS, TAYLOR, KAUFFMAN, DIAMOND, METZGAR, WARNER,
ZIMMERMAN, GROVE, SAYLOR, SANTORA, GILLEN, SACCONE, RADER,
ROTHMAN, EVERETT, EMRICK, GABLER, GINGRICH, PYLE, CUTLER,
KLUNK, ROAE, MOUL, RAPP, MACKENZIE, LAWRENCE, SIMMONS,
BENNINGHOFF, PHILLIPS-HILL, NESBIT, DUSH, WHEELAND, JOZWIAK
AND NELSON, APRIL 5, 2016
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, IN SENATE, OCTOBER 24, 2016
AN ACT
Amending Titles 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 53
(Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in matters affecting government units, providing
for exceptions to governmental immunity related to
unauthorized aliens; and, in preemptions, providing for
restriction on municipal regulation of official and employee
communications relating to immigration status.
AMENDING TITLES 42 (JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE) AND 53
(MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY) OF THE PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED
STATUTES, PROVIDING FOR LIABILITY IMPOSED ON AND ELIGIBILITY
FOR PUBLIC BENEFITS OF A MUNICIPALITY OF REFUGE.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 8543. Exceptions to governmental immunity related to
unauthorized aliens.
(a) Liability imposed.--A sanctuary municipality shall be
liable for damages on account of an injury to a person or
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