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PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 287
PRINTER'S NO. 635
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
361
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY J. WARD, COMITTA, CULVER AND SANTARSIERO,
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
SENATOR BAKER, JUDICIARY, AS AMENDED, APRIL 25, 2023
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in organization and
jurisdiction of courts of common pleas, further providing for
courts of common pleas.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 911(a) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 911. Courts of common pleas.
(a) General rule.--There shall be one court of common pleas
for each judicial district of this Commonwealth consisting of
the following number of judges:
Judicial District
Number of
Judges
First 93
Second 15
Third 9
Fourth 1
Fifth 43
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Sixth 9
Seventh 15
Eighth [3] 4
Ninth 7
Tenth 11
Eleventh 10
Twelfth 10
Thirteenth 2
Fourteenth 5
Fifteenth [14] 15
Sixteenth 3
Seventeenth 2
Eighteenth 1
Nineteenth 15
Twentieth [1] 2
Twenty-first 6
Twenty-second 2
Twenty-third 13
Twenty-fourth 5
Twenty-fifth 2
Twenty-sixth [2] 3
Twenty-seventh 7
Twenty-eighth 2
Twenty-ninth 5
Thirtieth 3
Thirty-first 10
Thirty-second 21
Thirty-third 2
Thirty-fourth 1
Thirty-fifth 4
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Thirty-sixth 7
Thirty-seventh 2
Thirty-eighth 24
Thirty-ninth 5
Fortieth 3
Forty-first 2
Forty-second 2
Forty-third 7
Forty-fourth 1
Forty-fifth 9
Forty-sixth 2
Forty-seventh 5
Forty-eighth 2
Forty-ninth 4
Fiftieth [6] 7
Fifty-first 4
Fifty-second 4
Fifty-third 4
Fifty-fourth 1
Fifty-fifth 1
Fifty-sixth 3
Fifty-seventh 2
Fifty-eighth 2
Fifty-ninth 1
Sixtieth 2
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Section 2. The new judgeship JUDGESHIPS for the EIGHTH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT, Twenty-sixth Judicial District AND FIFTIETH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT added by the amendment of 42 Pa.C.S. § 911(a)
shall be established on January 1, 2026, and shall be initially
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filled by election at the 2025 municipal election.
Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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