PRINTER'S NO. 4633
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2979
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY RABB, FIEDLER AND LEE, NOVEMBER 30, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, NOVEMBER 30, 2020
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in juvenile matters,
further providing for scope of chapter.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6303(b) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 6303. Scope of chapter.
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(b) Minor judiciary.--No child shall be detained, committed
or sentenced to imprisonment 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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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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