Pennsylvania Act 2025-6 — JUDICIAL CODE (42 PA.C.S.) - CONCURRENT JURISDICTION ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS

Act text

Session of 2025

No. 2025-6

HB 491

AN ACT

Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in juvenile matters, providing for concurrent jurisdiction on military installations.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:

§ 6329. Concurrent jurisdiction on military installations.

The jurisdiction of a court in a proceeding under this chapter shall be concurrent with that of a Federal court sitting in this Commonwealth over proceedings involving a violation of Federal law committed by a child on a military installation of the United States Department of Defense if:

(1) The Federal court or an attorney authorized to make decisions concerning prosecution on behalf of the United States, including a United States Attorney or Judge Advocate General, waives exclusive jurisdiction.

(2) The violation of Federal law is also a crime under the laws of this Commonwealth.

Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

APPROVED--The 27th day of June, A.D. 2025.

JOSH SHAPIRO