2023 Pa. Act 58 | Pennsylvania Act 2023-58 — JUDICIAL CODE (42 PA.C.S.) - COURTS OF COMMON PLEAS

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JUDICIAL CODE (42 PA.C.S.) - COURTS OF COMMON PLEAS
	Act of Dec. 14, 2023, P.L. 435, No. 58	Cl. 42

Session of 2023

No. 2023-58

SB 361

AN ACT

Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in organization and jurisdiction of courts of common pleas, further providing for courts of common pleas.

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

Section 1. Section 911(a) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 911. Courts of common pleas.

(a) General rule.--There shall be one court of common pleas for each judicial district of this Commonwealth consisting of the following number of judges:

Judicial District	Number of Judges
First	93
Second	15
Third	9
Fourth	1
Fifth	43
Sixth	9
Seventh	15
Eighth	[3] 4
Ninth	7
Tenth	11
Eleventh	[10] 11
Twelfth	[10] 11
Thirteenth	2
Fourteenth	5
Fifteenth	[14] 15
Sixteenth	3
Seventeenth	2
Eighteenth	1
Nineteenth	15
Twentieth	[1] 2
Twenty-first	6
Twenty-second	2
Twenty-third	13
Twenty-fourth	5
Twenty-fifth	2
Twenty-sixth	[2] 3
Twenty-seventh	7
Twenty-eighth	2
Twenty-ninth	5
Thirtieth	3
Thirty-first	[10] 11
Thirty-second	21
Thirty-third	2
Thirty-fourth	1
Thirty-fifth	4
Thirty-sixth	7
Thirty-seventh	2
Thirty-eighth	[24] 26
Thirty-ninth	5
Fortieth	3
Forty-first	2
Forty-second	2
Forty-third	7
Forty-fourth	[1] 2
Forty-fifth	9
Forty-sixth	2
Forty-seventh	5
Forty-eighth	2
Forty-ninth	4
Fiftieth	[6] 7
Fifty-first	4
Fifty-second	4
Fifty-third	4
Fifty-fourth	1
Fifty-fifth	1
Fifty-sixth	3
Fifty-seventh	2
Fifty-eighth	2
Fifty-ninth	1
Sixtieth	2

Section 2. The following apply:

(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), the provisions of 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 3132 and 3135 shall apply to the judgeships added by the amendment of 42 Pa.C.S. § 911(a).

(2) The new judgeships for the Eighth Judicial District, Eleventh Judicial District, Twelfth Judicial District, Thirty-first Judicial District, Forty-fourth Judicial District and Fiftieth Judicial District added by the amendment of 42 Pa.C.S. § 911(a) shall be established on January 5, 2026, and shall be initially filled by election at the 2025 municipal election.

(3) The new judgeships for the Thirty-eighth Judicial District added by the amendment of 42 Pa.C.S. § 911(a) shall be established on January 3, 2028, and shall be initially filled by election at the 2027 municipal election.

Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

APPROVED--The 14th day of December, A.D. 2023.

JOSH SHAPIRO

Pennsylvania Act 2023-58 — JUDICIAL CODE (42 PA.C.S.) - COURTS OF COMMON PLEAS

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