PRINTER'S NO. 1912
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1627
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY DAWKINS, BULLOCK, BURGOS, McNEILL, KAZEEM, RABB,
GUENST, KHAN, MADDEN, McANDREW, KINSEY, DELLOSO, PARKER,
HOHENSTEIN, HILL-EVANS, NEILSON, CIRESI, SANCHEZ, WARREN,
KRAJEWSKI, KINKEAD, GREEN AND OTTEN, AUGUST 29, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, AUGUST 29, 2023
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in juries and jurors,
3 further providing for compensation of and travel allowance
4 for jurors.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 4561(a) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
9 adding a subsection to read:
10 § 4561. Compensation of and travel allowance for jurors.
11 (a) Compensation.--A person summoned to serve as a juror
12 shall receive compensation at the rate of [$9 a day for the
13 first three days in any calendar year he shall be required to
14 report for service and $25 a day for each day thereafter in such
15 calendar year] $40 a day for each day that such person is
16 required to report. In addition, persons so summoned shall be
17 paid a travel allowance at the rate of 17¢ per mile circular
18 except that no travel allowance shall be paid in the first
1 judicial district.
2 (a.1) Method of compensation.--The county commissioners in
3 each county shall select the method by which jurors are
4 compensated under subsection (a), which may include a check,
5 debit card, bank transfer or other method selected by the county
6 commissioners. The method of compensation may not affect the
7 amount of compensation.
8 * * *
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Statutes/Laws affected:
Printer's No. 1912: 42-4561(a)