Pennsylvania HB 1643: An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in dockets, indices and other records, further providing for enforcement of foreign judgments.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 1993
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1643
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY DALEY, SHUSTERMAN, OTTEN, HILL-EVANS, RIVERA,
SANCHEZ, WAXMAN, SCHLOSSBERG, HOWARD, PROBST, PIELLI, GUENST,
ISAACSON, HOHENSTEIN, D. WILLIAMS, BRENNAN AND BOROWSKI,
JUNE 23, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 23, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in dockets, indices and
other records, further providing for enforcement of foreign
judgments.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4306(b) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 4306. Enforcement of foreign judgments.
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(b) Filing and status of foreign judgments.--[A]
(1) Except as provided under paragraph (2), a copy of
any foreign judgment including the docket entries incidental
thereto authenticated in accordance with act of Congress or
this title may be filed in the office of the clerk of any
court of common pleas of this Commonwealth. The clerk shall
treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment
of any court of common pleas of this Commonwealth. A judgment
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so filed shall be a lien as of the date of filing and shall
have the same effect and be subject to the same procedures,
defenses and proceedings for reopening, vacating, or staying
as a judgment of any court of common pleas of this
Commonwealth and may be enforced or satisfied in like manner.
(2) A court of common pleas of this Commonwealth shall
have no authority under this section to enforce or satisfy a
foreign judgment upon a judgment creditor for any matter
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, which are provided in any
hospital, outpatient clinic, physician's office or other
medical facility or office.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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