PRINTER'S NO. 1533
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1381
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY D. MILLER, HARRIS, BULLOCK, SANCHEZ, MADDEN,
HANBIDGE, SCHLOSSBERG, HOHENSTEIN, KINKEAD, HILL-EVANS,
McNEILL, MALAGARI, KHAN, KINSEY, SCOTT AND CEPEDA-FREYTIZ,
JUNE 12, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 12, 2023
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.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6301(b)(1.1) of Title 42 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 6301. Short title and purposes of chapter.
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(b) Purposes.--This chapter shall be interpreted and
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