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HB1493 • 2025

An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, providing for data collection on race and ethnicity in criminal cases.

An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, providing for data collection on race and ethnicity in criminal cases.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
ABNEY
Last action
2025-05-21
Official status
Referred to COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY, May 21, 2025
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, providing for data collection on race and ethnicity in criminal cases.

An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, providing for data collection on race and ethnicity in criminal cases.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, providing for data collection on race and ethnicity in criminal cases.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-21 COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY

    Referred to COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY, May 21, 2025

Official Summary Text

An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, providing for data collection on race and ethnicity in criminal cases.

Current Bill Text

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PRINTER'S NO. 1747
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1493
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY ABNEY, WAXMAN, HILL-EVANS, KENYATTA, SANCHEZ,
MADDEN, FREEMAN, DOUGHERTY, GUZMAN, SCHLOSSBERG, HOHENSTEIN,
CEPEDA-FREYTIZ AND MAYES, MAY 19, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY,
MAY 21, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Administrative Office
of Pennsylvania Courts, providing for data collection on race
and ethnicity in criminal cases.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 1909. Data collection on race and ethnicity in criminal
cases.
The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts shall
collect and compile data on the race and ethnicity of defendants
in criminal cases. The data shall be published in an easily
accessible and user-friendly format on the publicly accessible
Internet website of the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania
Courts. The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts shall
submit an annual report of the compiled data to the Pennsylvania
Commission on Crime and Delinquency for analysis.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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