PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 213, 309
PRINTER'S NO. 464
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
221
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY CALTAGIRONE, YOUNGBLOOD, BISHOP, THOMAS, KILLION,
RAPP, KOTIK, JAMES, SCHLOSSBERG, DAVIDSON, O'BRIEN, GRELL,
HARHART, HARKINS, WATSON, SCHWEYER, MURT, GILLEN, GIBBONS,
SAMUELSON, DEAN, DAVIS, BRIGGS, KORTZ, MARSHALL AND
J. HARRIS, JANUARY 26, 2015
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
FEBRUARY 9, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Titles 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 53
(Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in selection and retention of judicial officers,
further providing for continuing education requirement; and,
in municipal police education and training, further providing
for powers and duties of Municipal Police Officers' Education
and Training Commission.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3118(a) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 3118. Continuing education requirement.
(a) Magisterial district judges.--
(1) Every magisterial district judge shall complete a
continuing education program each year equivalent to not less
than 32 hours per year in such courses or programs as are
approved by the board. At least every six years, the program
shall include the identification of mental illness and ,
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