PRINTER'S NO. 425
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 471
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY LAUGHLIN, LANGERHOLC, COLEMAN, PHILLIPS-HILL,
BROOKS, ROTHMAN, HUTCHINSON, MARTIN, J. WARD, PENNYCUICK,
DUSH AND STEFANO, MARCH 18, 2025
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 18, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions
3 relating to criminal proceedings, providing for citizenship
4 status of criminal defendants.
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 § 8704. Citizenship status of criminal defendants.
10 An attorney for the Commonwealth shall notify United States
11 Immigration and Customs Enforcement if, at any point during the
12 course of a criminal proceeding, the attorney for the
13 Commonwealth obtains information reasonably indicating that a
14 criminal defendant is not a citizen of the United States or
15 otherwise has been present in this Commonwealth or the United
16 States in violation of 8 U.S.C. Ch. 12 (relating to immigration
17 and nationality).
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.