PRINTER'S NO. 2444
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1801
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY McCLINTON, SCHLOSSBERG, T. DAVIS, McNEILL,
DONATUCCI, ULLMAN, KENYATTA, RABB, HILL-EVANS, KINSEY,
YOUNGBLOOD, CALTAGIRONE, JOHNSON-HARRELL, KIRKLAND, BURGOS,
GALLOWAY, OTTEN, HOWARD, KIM AND ROEBUCK, SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in juvenile matters,
further providing for scope of chapter, for release or
delivery to court and for place of detention; and making
editorial changes.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 6303(b), 6326(b) and 6327(a), (c),
(c.1), (e) and (f) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes are amended to read:
§ 6303. Scope of chapter.
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(b) Minor judiciary.--No child shall be detained, committed
or sentenced to imprisonment in a facility that houses adult
offenders by a magisterial district judge or a judge of the
minor judiciary unless the child is charged with [an act set
forth in paragraph (2)(i), (ii), (iii) or (v) of the definition
of "delinquent act" in section 6302 (relating to definitions)]
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