HB 1493 — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, providing for data collection on race and ethnicity in criminal cases.

PRINTER'S NO.   1747

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                          HOUSE BILL
                          No. 1493
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY ABNEY, WAXMAN, HILL-EVANS, KENYATTA, SANCHEZ,
        MADDEN, FREEMAN, DOUGHERTY, GUZMAN, SCHLOSSBERG, HOHENSTEIN,
        CEPEDA-FREYTIZ AND MAYES, MAY 19, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY,
        MAY 21, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
 2      Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Administrative Office
 3      of Pennsylvania Courts, providing for data collection on race
 4      and ethnicity in criminal cases.
 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   § 1909.   Data collection on race and ethnicity in criminal
10               cases.
11      The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts shall
12   collect and compile data on the race and ethnicity of defendants
13   in criminal cases. The data shall be published in an easily
14   accessible and user-friendly format on the publicly accessible
15   Internet website of the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania
16   Courts. The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts shall
17   submit an annual report of the compiled data to the Pennsylvania
18   Commission on Crime and Delinquency for analysis.
1     Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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