PRINTER'S NO. 480
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 491
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY PIELLI, D. WILLIAMS, HOWARD, GIRAL, HILL-EVANS,
BURGOS, SANCHEZ, GUENST, KHAN, OTTEN, CERRATO AND GREEN,
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 5, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in juvenile matters,
3 providing for concurrent jurisdiction on military
4 installations.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
9 § 6329. Concurrent jurisdiction on military installations.
10 The jurisdiction of a court in a proceeding under this
11 chapter shall be concurrent with that of a Federal court sitting
12 in this Commonwealth over proceedings involving a violation of
13 Federal law committed by a child on a military installation of
14 the United States Department of Defense if:
15 (1) The Federal court waives exclusive jurisdiction.
16 (2) The violation of Federal law is also a crime under
17 the laws of this Commonwealth.
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.