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.
Congress · introduced 2025-02-05
Latest action: — Act No. 6 of 2025, June 27, 2025
Sponsors
- Chris Pielli (D, PA-156) — sponsor · 2025-02-05
- Dan K. Williams (D, PA-74) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- Kristine C. Howard (D, PA-167) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- Jose Giral (D, PA-180) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- Carol Hill-Evans (D, PA-95) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- Danilo Burgos (D, PA-197) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, PA-153) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- Nancy Guenst (D, PA-152) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- Tarik Khan (D, PA-194) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- Danielle Friel Otten (D, PA-155) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- Melissa Cerrato (D, PA-151) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- G. Roni Green (D, PA-190) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- Keith S. Harris (D, PA-195) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- Tina M. Davis (D, PA-141) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- Joe Webster (D, PA-150) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- Tim Briggs (D, PA-149) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- Liz Hanbidge (D, PA-61) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to JUDICIARY, Feb. 5, 2025
- · house — Reported as committed, March 17, 2025
- · house — First consideration, March 17, 2025
- · house — Laid on the table, March 17, 2025
- · house — Removed from table, March 26, 2025
- · house — Second consideration, with amendments, April 7, 2025
- · house — Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, April 7, 2025
- · house — Re-reported as committed, April 8, 2025
- · house — Third consideration and final passage, April 8, 2025 (203-0)
- · senate — In the Senate
- · senate — Referred to JUDICIARY, April 9, 2025
- · senate — Reported as committed, June 23, 2025
- · senate — First consideration, June 23, 2025
- · senate — Second consideration, June 24, 2025
- · senate — Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, June 25, 2025
- · senate — Re-reported as committed, June 25, 2025
- · senate — Third consideration and final passage, June 25, 2025 (50-0)
- · house — Signed in House, June 25, 2025
- · senate — Signed in Senate, June 25, 2025
- — Presented to the Governor, June 26, 2025
- — Approved by the Governor, June 27, 2025
- — Act No. 6 of 2025, June 27, 2025
- · house — (Remarks see House Journal Page 316-318), April 7, 2025
- · house — (Remarks see House Journal Page 354-355), April 8, 2025
Text versions
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Bill text
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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.Connected on the graph
Outbound (4)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Committees
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Pielli (D, state_lower PA-156) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, state_lower PA-153) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Carol Hill-Evans (D, state_lower PA-95) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Dan K. Williams (D, state_lower PA-74) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Danielle Friel Otten (D, state_lower PA-155) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Danilo Burgos (D, state_lower PA-197) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | G. Roni Green (D, state_lower PA-190) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Joe Webster (D, state_lower PA-150) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Jose Giral (D, state_lower PA-180) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Keith S. Harris (D, state_lower PA-195) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Kristine C. Howard (D, state_lower PA-167) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Liz Hanbidge (D, state_lower PA-61) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Melissa Cerrato (D, state_lower PA-151) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Nancy Guenst (D, state_lower PA-152) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Tarik Khan (D, state_lower PA-194) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Tim Briggs (D, state_lower PA-149) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Tina M. Davis (D, state_lower PA-141) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee · pa-leg