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Statute References

2023-2024 Legislation Amending Title 42

These bills amend Title 42 (Judiciary And Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes. To view a list of all statutes that amend this act, visit the Chronological History.

# of House Bills: 76

# of Senate Bills: 54

Bill	Sponsor	Memo
House Bill 2	Rep. ROZZI
House Bill 47	Rep. MERCURI	Protecting Schools from Predators
House Bill 77	Rep. VENKAT	Protecting Our Children From Sexually Violent Predators
House Bill 94	Rep. BULLOCK	Keeping Families Together with Community-Based Sentencing Alternatives for Non-Violent Crimes
House Bill 138	Rep. SCHEMEL	Gender Affirmation Therapy Statute of Limitations
House Bill 139	Rep. ORTITAY	Taking the Judiciary Out of the Dog Law Fund
House Bill 188	Rep. D. MILLER	Simplified Miranda Rights for Minors
House Bill 190	Rep. D. MILLER	Prioritizing Victims & Setting Standards for Fines and Costs
House Bill 231	Rep. HILL-EVANS	Post-Conviction Review for Veterans with PTSD or TBI
House Bill 285	Rep. KRAJEWSKI	Protecting the Rights of Children of Incarcerated Parents
House Bill 287	Rep. KRAJEWSKI	Common Sense Eviction Reform
House Bill 376	Rep. ISAACSON	Fertility Fraud and Deception
House Bill 385	Rep. HEFFLEY	Inherent Risk in Sporting and Recreational Activities
House Bill 395	Rep. KAUFFMAN	Sentencing for Homicide of an Unborn Child
House Bill 412	Rep. GALLOWAY	Addict Rehabilitation and Individualized Drug Treatment
House Bill 433	Rep. DIAMOND	Jury Duty Exemption for Emergency Services Personnel
House Bill 468	Rep. BRIGGS	Supporting Pennsylvania's Jurors - Two Bill Package
House Bill 469	Rep. BRIGGS
House Bill 504	Rep. GUENST	Lowering the Jury Duty Exemption Age to 70
House Bill 583	Rep. KINSEY	Alternatives to Arrest
House Bill 587	Rep. KINSEY	Medical Parole
House Bill 682	Rep. STURLA	Redirecting PSP Traffic Ticket Money to PSP Cadet Classes
House Bill 736	Rep. BOYLE	Expanding Hate Crime Laws
House Bill 747	Rep. ECKER	Medical Liability Venue
House Bill 751	Rep. BONNER	Death Penalty Amendment
House Bill 831	Rep. DAWKINS	Keeping Illegal Firearm Offenders off the Streets of Philadelphia
House Bill 917	Rep. SHUSTERMAN	Uniform Family Law Arbitration
House Bill 918	Rep. SHUSTERMAN	Civil Recourse for “Stealthing”
House Bill 934	Rep. HANBIDGE	Deceptive Interrogation with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism
House Bill 941	Rep. PARKER	Joint Parental Liability for a Minor’s Actions Committed with a Firearm
House Bill 987	Rep. RABB	Restoring the stolen liberty of wrongfully incarcerated Pennsylvanians
House Bill 999	Rep. RABB	Repealing Pennsylvania's Death Penalty
House Bill 1018	Rep. O'MARA	Extreme Risk Protection Orders (former House Bill 1903)
House Bill 1024	Rep. FRANKEL	Anti-Hate Crimes Package
House Bill 1026	Rep. FRANKEL	Anti-Hate Crimes Package
House Bill 1027	Rep. FRANKEL	Anti-Hate Crimes Package
House Bill 1058	Rep. KRAJEWSKI	Giving Kinship Care Providers a Voice in Child Custody Proceedings
House Bill 1119	Rep. HOWARD	Hate Crimes Against the Disabled (previously HB487)
House Bill 1125	Rep. KEEFER	SUBSTANCE ABUSE DURING PREGNANCY
House Bill 1156	Rep. SCOTT	Banning Deceptive Tactics in Police Interrogations
House Bill 1158	Rep. PISCIOTTANO	Protecting Residents of Medical Facilities
House Bill 1188	Rep. RABB	Demographic Impact Statements for Legislation Amending the Crimes Code or Judicial Code
House Bill 1266	Rep. BENNINGHOFF	Summary Traffic Offence Fees
House Bill 1299	Rep. A. BROWN	Fitzgerald’s Law – Protecting Our Law Enforcement Officers (Final Draft)
House Bill 1326	Rep. OWLETT	Drug Delivery Resulting in Death Legislation
House Bill 1352	Rep. RABB	Establishing Court-Structured Fines
House Bill 1375	Rep. RABB	Reconciling State and Federal Third Degree Misdemeanor Sentencing Law
House Bill 1381	Rep. D. MILLER	Improving our Juvenile Act
House Bill 1464	Rep. DIAMOND	Free Speech Protection Act (anti-SLAPP legislation)
House Bill 1466	Rep. BIZZARRO	Free speech protection - Anti-SLAPP
House Bill 1470	Rep. YOUNG	Compensation for the Wrongfully Convicted
House Bill 1503	Rep. C. WILLIAMS	Holding Violent Criminals Who Use Guns Accountable
House Bill 1521	Rep. McANDREW	Community Service as an Alternative to Satisfying Fines and Fees
House Bill 1523	Rep. DELOZIER	Provides for the forfeiture and allocation of bail monies (former HB 1503)
House Bill 1551	Rep. RABB	Ending charging of children as adults
House Bill 1592	Rep. TOMLINSON	Mandatory Jail Time for Illegal Possession of a Firearm
House Bill 1614	Rep. MERCURI	Statute of Limitations for Crimes Committed Against a Care-Dependent Person - Nicholas’ Law (Former HB 2483)
House Bill 1617	Rep. BRIGGS	Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Support
House Bill 1627	Rep. DAWKINS	Increasing Juror Payments and Updating Juror Payment Options
House Bill 1689	Rep. KHAN	Youth Sentencing and the Developing Brain
House Bill 1712	Rep. C. WILLIAMS	Using Technology to Reduce Recidivism for Repeat DUI Offenders
House Bill 1769	Rep. SMITH-WADE-EL	Fair Housing Access: Sealing Eviction Records to Protect Tenants & Communities
House Bill 1784	Rep. DALEY	Abortion Protections
House Bill 1786	Rep. DALEY	Abortion Protections
House Bill 1788	Rep. DALEY	Abortion Protections
House Bill 1843	Rep. DONAHUE	Sentencing Considerations for Child Victim Offenders
House Bill 1849	Rep. RABB	Establishing a restorative justice option in the criminal legal system
House Bill 1893	Rep. HOGAN	Anti-looting legislative package
House Bill 1909	Rep. WARNER	Allowing for the Death Penalty or Chemical Castration of Child Rapists
House Bill 1928	Rep. WARREN	Kayden's Law
House Bill 1948	Rep. KRUPA	Proposed Legislation related to repayment of settlements by perpetrators of sexual harassment and assault Revised Former HB 975 (2019)
House Bill 2135	Rep. DAWKINS	Parole Eligibility Expansion for Life Sentences (HB135 from 2021-2022)
House Bill 2156	Rep. LEADBETER	Combating compelled speech and preserving free expression under the First Amendment.
House Bill 2158	Rep. KAUFFMAN	Combating compelled speech and preserving free expression under the First Amendment.
House Bill 2198	Rep. KRUEGER	Co-Sponsorship: Capping the fees for obtaining electronic medical records
Senate Bill 55	Sen. SANTARSIERO	Preventing Abuse in Child Custody Proceedings – Kayden’s Law
Senate Bill 63	Sen. KEARNEY	Hate-Based Intimidation
Senate Bill 87	Sen. BROOKS	Extending the Statute of Limitations for Drug Delivery Resulting in Death
Senate Bill 135	Sen. STREET	Parole Eligibility for Life Sentences
Senate Bill 136	Sen. STREET	Medical Parole
Senate Bill 169	Sen. BAKER	Juvenile Justice Task Force Report Recommendations 2, 5, 16, 23
Senate Bill 170	Sen. BAKER	Juvenile Justice Task Force Report Recommendations 2, 5, 16, 23
Senate Bill 204	Sen. FONTANA	Extreme Risk Protection Order
Senate Bill 253	Sen. LANGERHOLC	Court Assessments for Nonnarcotic Medication Substance Abuse Treatment Program
Senate Bill 261	Sen. MASTRIANO	Statute of Limitations for Elder/Care Dependent Abuse
Senate Bill 291	Sen. KEARNEY	Reforming No-Knock Warrant Searches - Breonna's Law
Senate Bill 328	Sen. STREET	Ending Incarceration of Indigent Unable to Pay Fines, Fees, or Restitution
Senate Bill 329	Sen. STREET	Legal Representation in Forfeiture Proceedings
Senate Bill 333	Sen. STREET	Ending Cash Bail in Pennsylvania
Senate Bill 336	Sen. LAUGHLIN	Reducing the Statute of Repose of Construction Projects
Senate Bill 358	Sen. BAKER	4 Legislative Reform Proposals
Senate Bill 361	Sen. J. WARD
Senate Bill 362	Sen. FARRY	Blocking Railroad Crossings
Senate Bill 385	Sen. CAPPELLETTI	Alternative Sentences for Domestic Violence Survivors
Senate Bill 435	Sen. HUGHES	Community Garden Preservation
Senate Bill 449	Sen. ROTHMAN	Amending Pennsylvania's Sentencing Procedure for Murder in the First Degree
Senate Bill 453	Sen. PHILLIPS-HILL	DUI Offender Reform Legislation
Senate Bill 564	Sen. PHILLIPS-HILL	Primary Caregiver Exemption for Jury Duty
Senate Bill 573	Sen. CAPPELLETTI	Healthy Start Act
Senate Bill 578	Sen. MUTH	Abolishing the Statute of Limitations for ALL Survivors of Sexual Assault
Senate Bill 600	Sen. MUTH	Death Penalty Repeal
Senate Bill 626	Sen. BREWSTER	Drug Prevention, Recovery, and Enforcement
Senate Bill 627	Sen. BREWSTER	Drug Prevention, Recovery, and Enforcement
Senate Bill 648	Sen. COSTA	Hate Crimes Prevention and Victims' Rights Package
Senate Bill 649	Sen. COSTA	Hate Crimes Prevention and Victims' Rights Package
Senate Bill 651	Sen. COSTA	Hate Crimes Prevention and Victims' Rights Package
Senate Bill 716	Sen. HUGHES	Conviction Integrity Bill Package
Senate Bill 732	Sen. SAVAL	Prohibiting Private Entities from Performing Evictions
Senate Bill 751	Sen. BARTOLOTTA	Eliminating Direct File/Transfer of Juveniles
Senate Bill 752	Sen. BARTOLOTTA	The Evidence-Based Juvenile Justice Policy Act: Expand Diversion, Limit Detention & Tailor Out-of-Home Placement
Senate Bill 759	Sen. KANE	Animal Cruelty – Fines to Local Humane Societies
Senate Bill 771	Sen. COMITTA	Hate Crimes Against Disabled
Senate Bill 788	Sen. FARRY	Mandatory Jail Time for Illegal Possession of a Firearm
Senate Bill 791	Sen. HUGHES	Wrongful Conviction Legislation
Senate Bill 838	Sen. BAKER	Comprehensive Probation Reform
Senate Bill 894	Sen. CULVER	Auto Repair and Towing Lien
Senate Bill 935	Sen. CAPPELLETTI	Abortion Protections Package
Senate Bill 936	Sen. CAPPELLETTI	Abortion Protections Package
Senate Bill 939	Sen. CAPPELLETTI	Abortion Protections Package
Senate Bill 948	Sen. MILLER
Senate Bill 972	Sen. MUTH	Anti-SLAPP Legislation
Senate Bill 983	Sen. MASTRIANO	Death Penalty for Convicted Human Traffickers of Children
Senate Bill 996	Sen. CAPPELLETTI	Death in Custody Reporting Act
Senate Bill 1096	Sen. ROBINSON	Keeping Our Communities Safe
Senate Bill 1111	Sen. BAKER	Strengthening Megan's Law
Senate Bill 1118	Sen. STEFANO	Community Service Alternative to Satisfy Fines and Fees Related to Driver's License Suspensions
Senate Bill 1120	Sen. ROBINSON
Senate Bill 1127	Sen. LAUGHLIN	Requiring Prosecutors to Notify ICE of Illegal Migrants Charged with Violating State Law
Senate Bill 1137	Sen. SAVAL	Limiting Access to Eviction Records
SS#1 House Bill 2	Rep. ROZZI