Pennsylvania HB 1381: An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in juvenile matters, further providing for short title and purposes of chapter, for definitions, for scope of chapter, for powers and duties of probation officers, for summary offenses, for inspection of court files and records, for guardian ad litem for child in court proceedings, for transfer from criminal proceedings, for informal adjustment, for taking into custody, for detention of child, for release or delivery to court and for place of detention, providing for confinement in juvenile treatment facilities, further providing for notice and hearing, providing for questioning and interrogating a child, further providing for consent decree, providing for school stability for certain students, further providing for disposition of delinquent child, for limitation on and change in place of commitment and for transfer to criminal proceedings.

Status: Laid on the table (as of 2023-09-27)

State: Pennsylvania · Session: 2023-2024 · Bill: HB 1381

Sponsors: Dan Miller, Benjamin Sanchez, Carol Hill-Evans, Chris Pielli, Danielle Friel Otten, David Delloso, Donna Bullock, Emily Kinkead, G. Roni Green, Greg Scott, Heather Boyd, Jeanne Mcneill, Jennifer O'Mara, Joe Webster, Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz, Jordan Harris, Joseph Hohenstein, Kristine Howard, Kyle Donahue, La'Tasha Mayes, Lisa Borowski, Liz Hanbidge, Malcolm Kenyatta, Mark Rozzi, Mary Jo Daley

PRINTER'S NO. 2029
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1381
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY BOYD, McNEILL, RIVERA, HILL-EVANS, KINKEAD,
HOWARD, WAXMAN, BURGOS, SANCHEZ, HANBIDGE, D. WILLIAMS AND
HOHENSTEIN, JUNE 25, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 25, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in juvenile matters,
further providing for definitions.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definition of "delinquent child" in section
6302 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is
amended to read:
§ 6302. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the
meanings given to them in this section:
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"Delinquent child." A child [ten] 13 years of age or older
whom the court has found to have committed a delinquent act and
is in need of treatment, supervision or rehabilitation.
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Section 2. This act shall apply to proceedings that commence
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or transfers that occur on or after the effective date of this
section.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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