PRINTER'S NO. 63
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 111
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY ARGALL, ROTHMAN, BROWN AND COSTA, JANUARY 22, 2025
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JANUARY 22, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in general administration relating to
3 correctional institutions, providing for residency of
4 corrections officers.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Title 61 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
9 § 1107. Residency of corrections officers.
10 Notwithstanding 71 Pa.C.S. § 2301(b) (relating to
11 examinations requisite for appointment and promotion), the
12 department may hire an applicant or promote an individual as a
13 corrections officer at a State correctional institution who
14 resides outside this Commonwealth.
15 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.