HB 2273 — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in forfeiture of assets, further providing for motion for return of property; and imposing duties on the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.

PRINTER'S NO.   2973

                      THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                             HOUSE BILL
                             No. 2273
                                                    Session of
                                                      2026

     INTRODUCED BY T. JONES, SIEGEL, PICKETT, KAUFFMAN, BERNSTINE,
        KENYATTA, ROWE AND ZIMMERMAN, MARCH 9, 2026

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 10, 2026


                                         AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
 2      Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in forfeiture of assets,
 3      further providing for motion for return of property; and
 4      imposing duties on the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania
 5      Courts.
 6      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 7   hereby enacts as follows:
 8      Section 1.         Section 5806 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
 9   Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding subsections to read:
10   § 5806.    Motion for return of property.
11      * * *
12      (c)    Documents to be provided.--Within 14 days following the
13   seizure of a person's personal property by a law enforcement
14   agency, the law enforcement agency shall provide the following
15   documents to the person aggrieved by the seizure:
16             (1)   A copy of this section.
17             (2)   A copy of a sample motion for return of property.
18      The sample motion:
19                   (i)    Shall be developed by the Administrative Office
 1            of Pennsylvania Courts.
 2                (ii)    Shall be posted on the publicly accessible
 3            Internet website of the Administrative Office of
 4            Pennsylvania Courts.
 5                (iii)    Shall not be intended to be the exclusive form
 6            of motion accepted by a court of common pleas.
 7      (d)   Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
 8   words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
 9   subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
10      "Law enforcement agency."     The Pennsylvania State Police or a
11   local law enforcement agency.
12      "Local law enforcement agency."       A police department of a
13   city, borough, incorporated town or township or campus police.
14      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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