HB 1643 — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in dockets, indices and other records, further providing for enforcement of foreign judgments.

PRINTER'S NO.     1993

                      THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                          HOUSE BILL
                          No. 1643
                                                 Session of
                                                   2025

     INTRODUCED BY DALEY, SHUSTERMAN, OTTEN, HILL-EVANS, RIVERA,
        SANCHEZ, WAXMAN, SCHLOSSBERG, HOWARD, PROBST, PIELLI, GUENST,
        ISAACSON, HOHENSTEIN, D. WILLIAMS, BRENNAN AND BOROWSKI,
        JUNE 23, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 23, 2025


                                      AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
 2      Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in dockets, indices and
 3      other records, further providing for enforcement of foreign
 4      judgments.
 5      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 6   hereby enacts as follows:
 7      Section 1.     Section 4306(b) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
 8   Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
 9   § 4306.    Enforcement of foreign judgments.
10      * * *
11      (b)    Filing and status of foreign judgments.--[A]
12             (1)   Except as provided under paragraph (2), a copy of
13      any foreign judgment including the docket entries incidental
14      thereto authenticated in accordance with act of Congress or
15      this title may be filed in the office of the clerk of any
16      court of common pleas of this Commonwealth. The clerk shall
17      treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment
18      of any court of common pleas of this Commonwealth. A judgment
 1    so filed shall be a lien as of the date of filing and shall
 2    have the same effect and be subject to the same procedures,
 3    defenses and proceedings for reopening, vacating, or staying
 4    as a judgment of any court of common pleas of this
 5    Commonwealth and may be enforced or satisfied in like manner.
 6        (2)   A court of common pleas of this Commonwealth shall
 7    have no authority under this section to enforce or satisfy a
 8    foreign judgment upon a judgment creditor for any matter
 9    involving the provision or delivery of reproductive health
10    care services.
11        (3)   As used in this subsection, the term "reproductive
12    health care services" means medical, surgical, counseling or
13    referral services relating to the human reproductive system,
14    including services relating to pregnancy, contraception or
15    the termination of a pregnancy, which are provided in any
16    hospital, outpatient clinic, physician's office or other
17    medical facility or office.
18    * * *
19    Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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