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SB701 • 2025

An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in budget and finance, further providing for expenses.

An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in budget and finance, further providing for expenses.

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Passed Legislature

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Sponsor
LAUGHLIN
Last action
2025-04-30
Official status
Referred to JUDICIARY, April 30, 2025
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in budget and finance, further providing for expenses.

An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in budget and finance, further providing for expenses.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in budget and finance, further providing for expenses.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-04-30 JUDICIARY

    Referred to JUDICIARY, April 30, 2025

Official Summary Text

An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in budget and finance, further providing for expenses.

Current Bill Text

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PRINTER'S NO. 713
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 701
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY LAUGHLIN, BOSCOLA, FONTANA, PENNYCUICK,
HUTCHINSON, COSTA, STEFANO AND ARGALL, APRIL 30, 2025
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, APRIL 30, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in budget and finance,
further providing for expenses.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3532 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 3532. Expenses.
The Office of the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania shall
pay the annual registration fee of [$200] $400 to the Special
Court Judges [of Pennsylvania] Association of Pennsylvania for
each magisterial district judge[,] and Philadelphia Municipal
Court Judge [and Philadelphia Traffic Court Judge position]
authorized as of January 31 of each year. Payment shall be made
on the first day of a new fiscal year including July 1, 1988. In
addition the Office of the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania
shall pay the annual cost for the publishing of a monthly
journal containing the update and revision of laws and State
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Supreme Court rule changes. Except for the funding of the
publication of the monthly journal which shall be a direct cost
of the Office of the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania, all
other funding for the other expenses set forth in this section
shall come from the annual appropriation made to the magisterial
district judges.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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