PRINTER'S NO. 1789
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1063
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY OBERLANDER, NESBIT, BENNINGHOFF, CUTLER, TURZAI,
TOEPEL, REESE, KAUFFMAN, RYAN, PICKETT, THOMAS, MILLARD,
KEEFER, CAUSER, GAYDOS, BULLOCK, JONES, GILLEN, HERSHEY,
ECKER, EVERETT, HAHN, BARRAR, KLUNK, JAMES, FEE, DUSH,
TOPPER, GLEIM, SAYLOR, GROVE, MENTZER, MIHALEK, RADER, SANKEY
AND NELSON, MAY 13, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 13, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in bases of jurisdiction
and interstate and international procedure, further providing
for persons and providing for personal jurisdiction in
medical professional liability actions.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5301(a) introductory paragraph and (b) of
Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended
to read:
§ 5301. Persons.
(a) General rule.--[The] Except as further provided by
section 5301.1 (relating to personal jurisdiction in medical
professional liability actions), the existence of any of the
following relationships between a person and this Commonwealth
shall constitute a sufficient basis of jurisdiction to enable
the tribunals of this Commonwealth to exercise general personal
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