HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 287, 635, 1203
PRINTER'S NO. 1283
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
361
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY J. WARD, COMITTA, CULVER AND SANTARSIERO,
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
DECEMBER 12, 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
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Fifth 43
Sixth 9
Seventh 15
Eighth [3] 4
Ninth 7
Tenth 11
Eleventh [10] 11
Twelfth [10] 11
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] 11
Thirty-second 21
Thirty-third 2
Thirty-fourth 1
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Thirty-fifth 4
Thirty-sixth 7
Thirty-seventh 2
Thirty-eighth [24] 26
Thirty-ninth 5
Fortieth 3
Forty-first 2
Forty-second 2
Forty-third 7
Forty-fourth [1] 2
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 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
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established on January 1, 2026, and shall be initially filled by
election at the 2025 municipal election.
SECTION 3. THE NEW JUDGESHIPS FOR THE THIRTY-EIGHTH JUDICIAL
DISTRICT ADDED BY THE AMENDMENT OF 42 PA.C.S. § 911(A) SHALL BE
ESTABLISHED ON JANUARY 1, 2028, AND SHALL BE INITIALLY FILLED BY
ELECTION AT THE 2027 MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
SECTION 2. THE FOLLOWING APPLY:
(1) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPHS (2) AND (3), THE
PROVISIONS OF 42 PA.C.S. §§ 3132 AND 3135 SHALL APPLY TO THE
JUDGESHIPS ADDED BY THE AMENDMENT OF 42 PA.C.S. § 911(A).
(2) THE NEW JUDGESHIPS FOR THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT,
ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, TWELFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT,
THIRTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, FORTY-FOURTH JUDICIAL
DISTRICT AND FIFTIETH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ADDED BY THE
AMENDMENT OF 42 PA.C.S. § 911(A) SHALL BE ESTABLISHED ON
JANUARY 5, 2026, AND SHALL BE INITIALLY FILLED BY ELECTION AT
THE 2025 MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
(3) THE NEW JUDGESHIPS FOR THE THIRTY-EIGHTH JUDICIAL
DISTRICT ADDED BY THE AMENDMENT OF 42 PA.C.S. § 911(A) SHALL
BE ESTABLISHED ON JANUARY 3, 2028, AND SHALL BE INITIALLY
FILLED BY ELECTION AT THE 2027 MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
Section 3 4 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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