PRINTER'S NO. 133
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
165
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY MILLARD, MASSER, SCHLEGEL CULVER, PICKETT, JAMES,
HEFFLEY AND COOK, JANUARY 14, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 14, 2021
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
Fifth 43
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Sixth 9
Seventh 15
Eighth 3
Ninth 7
Tenth 11
Eleventh 10
Twelfth 10
Thirteenth 2
Fourteenth 5
Fifteenth 14
Sixteenth 3
Seventeenth 2
Eighteenth 1
Nineteenth 15
Twentieth 1
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
Thirty-second 21
Thirty-third 2
Thirty-fourth 1
Thirty-fifth 4
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Thirty-sixth 7
Thirty-seventh 2
Thirty-eighth 24
Thirty-ninth 5
Fortieth 3
Forty-first 2
Forty-second 2
Forty-third 7
Forty-fourth 1
Forty-fifth 9
Forty-sixth 2
Forty-seventh 5
Forty-eighth 2
Forty-ninth 4
Fiftieth 6
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 judgeship for the twenty-sixth judicial
district of this Commonwealth added by the amendment of 42
Pa.C.S. § 911(a) shall be established on January 3, 2023, and
shall be initially filled by election at the 2022 municipal
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election.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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