Pennsylvania HB 1966: 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 assistance to tribunals and litigants outside this Commonwealth with respect to service and for issuance of subpoena; in commencement of proceedings, further providing for authority of officers of another state to arrest in this Commonwealth; and, in detainers and extradition, further providing for definitions, for duty of Governor with respect to fugitives from justice and for presigned waiver of extradition.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 2480
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1966
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY DALEY, SHUSTERMAN, OTTEN, HILL-EVANS, RIVERA,
SANCHEZ, WAXMAN, SCHLOSSBERG, HOWARD, VENKAT, PROBST, PIELLI,
GUENST, ISAACSON, HOHENSTEIN, D. WILLIAMS, BRENNAN AND
BOROWSKI, OCTOBER 17, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 17, 2025
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 assistance to tribunals and litigants outside this
Commonwealth with respect to service and for issuance of
subpoena; in commencement of proceedings, further providing
for authority of officers of another state to arrest in this
Commonwealth; and, in detainers and extradition, further
providing for definitions, for duty of Governor with respect
to fugitives from justice and for presigned waiver of
extradition.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 5324(a), 5335(b) and 8922 of Title 42 of
the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 5324. Assistance to tribunals and litigants outside this
Commonwealth with respect to service.
(a) General rule.--[A]
(1) Except as provided under paragraph (2), a court of
record of this Commonwealth may order service upon any person
who is domiciled or can be found within this Commonwealth of
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any document issued in connection with a matter in a tribunal
outside this Commonwealth. The order may be made upon
application of any interested person or in response to a
letter rogatory issued by a tribunal outside this
Commonwealth and shall direct the manner of service.
(2) A court o f record of this Commonwealth shall have no
authority under this section to order service upon any person
for any matter in a tribunal outside of this Commonwealth
involving the provision or delivery of reproductive health
care services.
(3) As used in this subsection, the term "reproductive
health care services" means medical, surgical, counseling or
referral services relating to the human reproductive system,
including services relating to pregnancy, contraception or
the termination of a pregnancy that may be lawfully performed
in this Commonwealth, that are provided in any hospital,
outpatient clinic, physician's office or other medical
facility or office.
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§ 5335. Issuance of subpoena.
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(b) Duty of prothonotary.--[A]
(1) Except as provided under paragraph (2), a
prothonotary in receipt of a foreign subpoena shall, in
accordance with that court's procedure, promptly issue a
subpoena for service upon the person to whom the foreign
subpoena is directed.
(2) A prothonotary shall have no authority under this
section to issue a subpoena for service upon any person for
any matter in a tribunal outside of this Commonwealth
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involving the provision or delivery of reproductive health
care services.
(3) As used in this subsection, the term "reproductive
health care services" means medical, surgical, counseling or
referral services relating to the human reproductive system,
including services relating to pregnancy, contraception or
the termination of a pregnancy that may be lawfully performed
in this Commonwealth, that are provided in any hospital,
outpatient clinic, physician's office or other medical
facility or office.
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§ 8922. Authority of officers of another state to arrest in
this Commonwealth.
[Any] (a) Authority.--Except as provided under subsection
(b), any peace officer of another state who enters this
Commonwealth in close pursuit of a person, and continues within
this Commonwealth in such close pursuit, in order to arrest him,
shall have the same authority to arrest and hold in custody such
person on the ground that he has committed a crime in such state
which is an indictable offense in this Commonwealth as peace
officers of this Commonwealth have to arrest and hold in custody
a person on the ground that he has committed a crime in this
Commonwealth.
(b) Exception.--A peace officer of another state under
subsection (a) shall have no authority to arrest and hold in
custody a person accused of a crime in such state involving
reproductive health care services.
(c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term
"reproductive health care services" means medical, surgical,
counseling or referral services relating to the human
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reproductive system, including services relating to pregnancy,
contraception or the termination of a pregnancy that may be
lawfully performed in this Commonwealth, that are provided in
any hospital, outpatient clinic, physician's office or other
medical facility or office.
Section 2. Section 9122