PRINTER'S NO. 3431
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2794
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY RYAN, YOUNG, CONKLIN, DELLOSO, GUENST, HENNESSEY,
KINSEY, MADDEN, McNEILL, MOUL, SANCHEZ, STAATS, BURGOS,
KENYATTA, PARKER, D. WILLIAMS, HOHENSTEIN, KINKEAD, CEPHAS,
HELM, JONES AND BRIGGS, SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
AN ACT
Amending Titles 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 61
(Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in matters affecting government units, further
providing for exceptions to sovereign immunity, for
limitations on damages and for exceptions to governmental
immunity and providing for petition for compensation for
wrongful conviction; in general administration, providing for
services after wrongful conviction; and, in Pennsylvania
Board of Probation and Parole, further providing for powers
and duties of department.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 8522(b) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
§ 8522. Exceptions to sovereign immunity.
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(b) Acts which may impose liability.--The following acts by
a Commonwealth party may result in the imposition of liability
on the Commonwealth and the defense of sovereign immunity shall
not be raised to claims for damages caused by:
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