HB 1966 — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in bases of jurisdiction and interstate and international procedure, further providing for assistance to tribunals and litigants outside this Commonwealth with respect to service and for issuance of subpoena; in commencement of proceedings, further providing for authority of officers of another state to arrest in this Commonwealth; and, in detainers and extradition, further providing for definitions, for duty of Governor with respect to fugitives from justice and for presigned waiver of extradition.

PRINTER'S NO.   2480

                      THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                           HOUSE BILL
                           No. 1966
                                                  Session of
                                                    2025

     INTRODUCED BY DALEY, SHUSTERMAN, OTTEN, HILL-EVANS, RIVERA,
        SANCHEZ, WAXMAN, SCHLOSSBERG, HOWARD, VENKAT, PROBST, PIELLI,
        GUENST, ISAACSON, HOHENSTEIN, D. WILLIAMS, BRENNAN AND
        BOROWSKI, OCTOBER 17, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 17, 2025


                                       AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
 2      Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in bases of jurisdiction
 3      and interstate and international procedure, further providing
 4      for assistance to tribunals and litigants outside this
 5      Commonwealth with respect to service and for issuance of
 6      subpoena; in commencement of proceedings, further providing
 7      for authority of officers of another state to arrest in this
 8      Commonwealth; and, in detainers and extradition, further
 9      providing for definitions, for duty of Governor with respect
10      to fugitives from justice and for presigned waiver of
11      extradition.
12      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13   hereby enacts as follows:
14      Section 1.      Sections 5324(a), 5335(b) and 8922 of Title 42 of
15   the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
16   § 5324.    Assistance to tribunals and litigants outside this
17                   Commonwealth with respect to service.
18      (a)    General rule.--[A]
19             (1)   Except as provided under paragraph (2), a court of
20      record of this Commonwealth may order service upon any person
21      who is domiciled or can be found within this Commonwealth of
 1      any document issued in connection with a matter in a tribunal
 2      outside this Commonwealth. The order may be made upon
 3      application of any interested person or in response to a
 4      letter rogatory issued by a tribunal outside this
 5      Commonwealth and shall direct the manner of service.
 6             (2)   A court of record of this Commonwealth shall have no
 7      authority under this section to order service upon any person
 8      for any matter in a tribunal outside of this Commonwealth
 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 that may be lawfully performed
16      in this Commonwealth, that are provided in any hospital,
17      outpatient clinic, physician's office or other medical
18      facility or office.
19      * * *
20   § 5335.    Issuance of subpoena.
21      * * *
22      (b)    Duty of prothonotary.--[A]
23             (1)   Except as provided under paragraph (2), a
24      prothonotary in receipt of a foreign subpoena shall, in
25      accordance with that court's procedure, promptly issue a
26      subpoena for service upon the person to whom the foreign
27      subpoena is directed.
28             (2)   A prothonotary shall have no authority under this
29      section to issue a subpoena for service upon any person for
30      any matter in a tribunal outside of this Commonwealth

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 1      involving the provision or delivery of reproductive health
 2      care services.
 3             (3)   As used in this subsection, the term "reproductive
 4      health care services" means medical, surgical, counseling or
 5      referral services relating to the human reproductive system,
 6      including services relating to pregnancy, contraception or
 7      the termination of a pregnancy that may be lawfully performed
 8      in this Commonwealth, that are provided in any hospital,
 9      outpatient clinic, physician's office or other medical
10      facility or office.
11      * * *
12   § 8922.    Authority of officers of another state to arrest in
13                   this Commonwealth.
14      [Any] (a)      Authority.--Except as provided under subsection
15   (b), any peace officer of another state who enters this
16   Commonwealth in close pursuit of a person, and continues within
17   this Commonwealth in such close pursuit, in order to arrest him,
18   shall have the same authority to arrest and hold in custody such
19   person on the ground that he has committed a crime in such state
20   which is an indictable offense in this Commonwealth as peace
21   officers of this Commonwealth have to arrest and hold in custody
22   a person on the ground that he has committed a crime in this
23   Commonwealth.
24      (b)    Exception.--A peace officer of another state under
25   subsection (a) shall have no authority to arrest and hold in
26   custody a person accused of a crime in such state involving
27   reproductive health care services.
28      (c)    Definition.--As used in this section, the term
29   "reproductive health care services" means medical, surgical,
30   counseling or referral services relating to the human

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 1   reproductive system, including services relating to pregnancy,
 2   contraception or the termination of a pregnancy that may be
 3   lawfully performed in this Commonwealth, that are provided in
 4   any hospital, outpatient clinic, physician's office or other
 5   medical facility or office.
 6      Section 2.    Section 9122 of Title 42 is amended by adding a
 7   definition to read:
 8   § 9122.    Definitions.
 9      The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter
10   shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the
11   meanings given to them in this section:
12      * * *
13      "Reproductive health care services."    Medical, surgical,
14   counseling or referral services relating to the human
15   reproductive system, including services relating to pregnancy,
16   contraception or the termination of a pregnancy that may be
17   lawfully performed in this Commonwealth, that are provided in
18   any hospital, outpatient clinic, physician's office or other
19   medical facility or office.
20      * * *
21      Section 3.    Sections 9123 and 9146.1 of Title 42 are amended
22   to read:
23   § 9123.    Duty of Governor with respect to fugitives from
24                justice.
25      [Subject] (a)    Duty.--Except as provided under subsection (b)
26   and subject to the provisions of this subchapter, the provisions
27   of the Constitution of the United States controlling, and any
28   and all acts of Congress enacted in pursuance thereof, it is the
29   duty of the Governor of this Commonwealth to have arrested and
30   delivered up to the executive authority of any other state of

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 1   the United States any person charged in that state with treason,
 2   felony or other crime, who has fled from justice and is found in
 3   this Commonwealth.
 4      (b)   Exception.--The Governor shall have no authority to have
 5   arrested and delivered up to the executive authority of any
 6   other state of the United States any person charged in that
 7   state with treason, felony or other crime, who has fled from
 8   justice and is found in this Commonwealth for a criminal offense
 9   of another state involving the provision or delivery of
10   reproductive health care services that would be lawful under the
11   laws of this Commonwealth.
12   § 9146.1.      Presigned waiver of extradition.
13      (a)   Delivery.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law
14   and except as provided under subsection (b), a law enforcement
15   agency in this Commonwealth holding a person who is alleged to
16   have broken the terms of his probation, parole, bail or any
17   other release in the demanding state shall immediately deliver
18   that person to the duly authorized agent of the demanding state
19   without the requirement of a Governor's warrant if all of the
20   following apply:
21            (1)    The person has signed a prior waiver of extradition
22      as a term of his current probation, parole, bail or other
23      release in the demanding state.
24            (2)    The law enforcement agency holding the person has
25      received an authenticated copy of the prior waiver of
26      extradition signed by the person and photographs or
27      fingerprints or other evidence properly identifying the
28      person as the person who signed the waiver.
29            (3)    All open criminal charges in this Commonwealth have
30      been disposed of through trial and sentencing.

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 1      (b)     Exception.--A law enforcement agency in this
 2   Commonwealth holding a person who is alleged to have broken the
 3   terms of the person's probation, parole, bail or any other
 4   release in the demanding state for an offense involving the
 5   provision or delivery of reproductive health care services that
 6   would be lawful under the laws of this Commonwealth shall have
 7   no authority to deliver that person to the duly authorized agent
 8   of the demanding state without the requirement of a Governor's
 9   warrant.
10      Section 4.     This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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