A01849
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
28
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY WHITE, READSHAW, PICKETT, A. HARRIS, ROAE,
M. K. KELLER, MACKENZIE, DIAMOND, DUSH, TOEPEL, SIMMONS, FEE,
RAPP, TAYLOR, BLOOM, EVERETT, WARD, WARNER, GREINER, EMRICK,
DUNBAR, MILLARD, TALLMAN, BARRAR, BAKER, SACCONE, RYAN,
KEEFER, HICKERNELL, SANKEY, ROTHMAN, DAY, GABLER, GROVE,
METCALFE, TOPPER, KAUFFMAN, ORTITAY, IRVIN, O'NEILL, STAATS,
SAYLOR, FARRY, CHARLTON, B. MILLER, BERNSTINE, WHEELAND,
RADER, ZIMMERMAN, KNOWLES, METZGAR AND PYLE, APRIL 3, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 3, 2017
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.
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
property as a result of criminal activity by an unauthorized
alien if all of the following conditions are satisfied:
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