Pennsylvania HB 1484: An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in juries and jurors, further providing for compensation of and travel allowance for jurors.

Status: Referred to Judiciary (as of 2025-05-21)

State: Pennsylvania · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: HB 1484

Sponsors: Jason Dawkins, Anthony Bellmon, Arvind Venkat, Ben Waxman, Benjamin Sanchez, Carol Hill-Evans, Chris Pielli, Christopher Rabb, Dan Williams, Danilo Burgos, Ed Neilson, G. Roni Green, Jim Haddock, Joe Ciresi, Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz, Jose Giral, Keith Harris, Kyle Donahue, La'Tasha Mayes, Lindsay Powell, Malcolm Kenyatta, Maureen Madden, Melissa Cerrato, Michael Schlossberg, Patrick Harkins

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 1738
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1484
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY DAWKINS, POWELL, FREEMAN, WAXMAN, MADDEN, BURGOS,
PIELLI, GIRAL, HILL-EVANS, NEILSON, RABB, SANCHEZ, HARKINS,
HADDOCK, MAYES, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, D. WILLIAMS, K.HARRIS,
KENYATTA, BELLMON, CERRATO, DOUGHERTY, SCHLOSSBERG, DONAHUE,
GREEN, CIRESI AND WARREN, MAY 16, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 21, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in juries and jurors,
further providing for compensation of and travel allowance
for jurors.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4561(a) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
adding a subsection to read:
§ 4561. Compensation of and travel allowance for jurors.
(a) Compensation.--A person summoned to serve as a juror
shall receive compensation at the rate of [$9 a day for the
first three days in any calendar year he shall be required to
report for service and $25 a day for each day thereafter in such
calendar year] $40 a day for each day that such person is
required to report. In addition, persons so summoned shall be
paid a travel allowance at the rate of 17¢ per mile circular
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except that no travel allowance shall be paid in the first
judicial district.
(a.1) Method of compensation.--The county commissioners in
each county shall select the method by which jurors are
compensated under subsection (a), which may include a check,
debit card, bank transfer or other method selected by the county
commissioners. The method of compensation may not affect the
amount of compensation.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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