Pennsylvania HB 2124: An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in forgery and fraudulent practices, providing for the offense of academic fraud.

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PRINTER'S NO. 2744
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2124
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY BONNER, BRIGGS, HANBIDGE, VENKAT, HOHENSTEIN,
SHUSTERMAN, SMITH, RIVERA, GALLAGHER, ZIMMERMAN, SOLOMON,
BOYD AND SCIALABBA, JANUARY 9, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 9, 2026
AN ACT
Amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for uniform
real property transfer on death.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 20 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding chapters to read:
CHAPTER 21A
(Reserved)
CHAPTER 21B
UNIFORM REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER ON DEATH
Sec.
21B01. Short title of chapter.
21B02. Definitions.
21B03. Applicability.
21B04. Nonexclusivity.
21B05. Transfer on death deed authorized.
21B06. Transfer on death deed revocable.
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21B07. Transfer on death deed nontestamentary.
21B08. Capacity of transferor.
21B09. Requirements.
21B10. Notice, delivery, acceptance and consideration not
required.
21B11. Revocation.
21B12. Effect of transfer on death deed during transferor's
life.
21B13. Effect of transfer on death deed on transferor's death
or divorce.
21B14. Slayer or elder abuser.
21B15. Disclaimer.
21B16. Simultaneous death.
21B17. Elective share.
21B18. Liability for creditor claims and statutory allowances.
21B19. Warning.
21B20. Optional form of deed.
21B21. Optional form of revocation.
21B22. Prior deeds.
§ 21B01. Short title of chapter.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Uniform
Real Property Transfer on Death Act.
§ 21B02. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Beneficiary." A person that receives property under a
transfer on death deed.
"Designated alternate beneficiary." A person that receives
property under a transfer on death deed when the designated
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beneficiary predeceases the transferor.
"Designated beneficiary." A person designated to receive
property in a transfer on death deed.
"Joint owner." An individual who owns property concurrently
with one or more other individuals with a right of survivorship.
The term includes a joint tenant, owner of property with a right
of survivorship and tenant by the entirety. The term does not
include a tenant in common.
"Lapse." When a designated beneficiary predeceases a
transferor and no designated alternate beneficiary is named.
"Person." An individual, corporation, business trust,
estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company,
association, joint venture, public corporation, government or
governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality or any other
legal or commercial entity.
"Property." An interest in real property located in this
Commonwealth which is transferable on the death of the owner.
"Transfer on death deed." A deed authorized under this
chapter.
"Transferor." An individual who makes a transfer on death
deed.
§ 21B03. Applicability.
This chapter applies to a transfer on death deed made before,
on or after the effective date of this section by a transferor
dying on or after the effective date of this section.
§ 21B04. Nonexclusivity.
This chapter does not affect any method of transferring
property otherwise permitted under the law of this Commonwealth.
§ 21B05. Transfer on death deed authorized.
An individual may transfer property to one or more
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beneficiaries effective at the transferor's death by a transfer
on death deed. The transfer may be made to a custodian under
Chapter 53 (relating to Pennsylvania Uniform Transfers to Minors
Act).
§ 21B06. Transfer on death deed revocable.
A transfer on death deed is revocable even if the deed or
another instrument contains a contrary provision.
§ 21B07. Transfer on death deed nontestamentary.
A transfer on death deed is nontestamentary.
§ 21B08. Capacity of transferor.
The capacity required to make or revoke a transfer on death
deed is the same as the capacity required to make a will.
§ 21B09. Requirements.
A transfer on death deed:
(1) except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2), must
contain the essential elements and formalities of a properly
recordable deed;
(2) must state that the transfer to the designated
beneficiary is to occur at the transferor's death; and
(3) must be recorded before the transferor's death in
the public records in the office of the county recorder of
deeds of the county where the property is located.
§ 21B10. Notice, delivery, acceptance and consideration not
required.
A transfer on death deed is effective without:
(1) notice or delivery to or acceptance by the
designated beneficiary during the transferor's