PRINTER'S NO. 1521
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1155
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY MUTH, CAPPELLETTI, KEARNEY, L. WILLIAMS, SAVAL AND
FONTANA, MARCH 29, 2022
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 29, 2022
AN ACT
Amending Title 54 (Names) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in judicial change of name, further providing for
court approval required for change of name and for change by
order of court.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 701(b) and 702(c)(1) and (2) of Title 54
of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 701. Court approval required for change of name.
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(b) Informal change of name.--Notwithstanding subsection
(a), a person may at any time adopt and use any name if such
name is used consistently, nonfraudulently and exclusively. [The
adoption of such name shall not, however, be in contravention of
the prohibitions contained in section 702(c) (relating to change
by order of court).]
§ 702. Change by order of court.
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(c) Convicted felons.--
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(1) The court may order a change of name for a person
convicted of a felony[, subject to provisions of paragraph
(2),] if:
(i) [at least two calendar years have elapsed from
the date of completion of a person's sentence and that
person] the person has completed the person's sentence
and is not subject to the probation or parole
jurisdiction of any court, county probation agency or the
Pennsylvania [Board of Probation and] Parole Board; or
(ii) the person has been pardoned.
[(2) The court may not order a change of name for a
person convicted of murder, voluntary manslaughter, rape,
involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, statutory sexual
assault, sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault, robbery
as defined in 18 Pa.C.S. § 3701(a)(1)(i) (relating to
robbery), aggravated assault as defined in 18 Pa.C.S. §
2702(a)(1) or (2) (relating to aggravated assault), arson as
defined in 18 Pa.C.S. § 3301(a) (relating to arson and
related offenses), kidnapping or robbery of a motor vehicle
or criminal attempt, criminal conspiracy or criminal
solicitation to commit any of the offenses listed above or an
equivalent crime under the laws of this Commonwealth in
effect at the time of the commission of that offense or an
equivalent crime in another jurisdiction.]
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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