Pennsylvania 2025 2025-2026 Regular Session

Pennsylvania House Bill HB491 Introduced / Bill

                     
PRINTER'S NO. 480 
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL 
No.491 
Session of 
2025 
INTRODUCED BY PIELLI, D. WILLIAMS, HOWARD, GIRAL, HILL-EVANS, 
BURGOS, SANCHEZ, GUENST, KHAN, OTTEN, CERRATO AND GREEN, 
FEBRUARY 5, 2025 
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 5, 2025 
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the 
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in juvenile matters, 
providing for concurrent jurisdiction on military 
installations.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 6329.  Concurrent jurisdiction on military installations.
The jurisdiction of a court in a proceeding under this 
chapter shall be concurrent with that of a Federal court sitting 
in this Commonwealth over proceedings involving a violation of 
Federal law committed by a child on a military installation of 
the United States Department of Defense if:
(1)  The Federal court waives exclusive jurisdiction.
(2)  The violation of Federal law is also a crime under 
the laws of this Commonwealth.
Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.
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