HB 2279 — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in limitation of time relating to criminal proceedings, further providing for other offenses.

Congress · introduced 2026-03-11

Latest action: — Referred to JUDICIARY, March 11, 2026

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2026-03-11 · house — Referred to JUDICIARY, March 11, 2026

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Printer's No. 2981 · 4,029 characters · source document

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PRINTER'S NO.   2981

                      THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                           HOUSE BILL
                           No. 2279
                                                  Session of
                                                    2026

     INTRODUCED BY WATRO, JAMES, KRUPA, OLSOMMER, KUTZ, BERNSTINE,
        KUZMA, RIVERA AND WALSH, MARCH 11, 2026

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 11, 2026


                                       AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
 2      Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in limitation of time
 3      relating to criminal proceedings, further providing for other
 4      offenses.
 5      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 6   hereby enacts as follows:
 7      Section 1.      Section 5552(b)(1) of Title 42 of the
 8   Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
 9   § 5552.    Other offenses.
10      * * *
11      (b)    Major offenses.--A prosecution for any of the following
12   offenses must be commenced within five years after it is
13   committed:
14             (1)   Under the following provisions of Title 18 (relating
15      to crimes and offenses):
16                   Section 901 (relating to criminal attempt) involving
17             attempt to commit murder where no murder occurs.
18                   Section 902 (relating to criminal solicitation)
19             involving solicitation to commit murder where no murder
 1        occurs.
 2             Section 903 (relating to criminal conspiracy)
 3        involving conspiracy to commit murder where no murder
 4        occurs.
 5             Section 911 (relating to corrupt organizations).
 6             Section 2506 (relating to drug delivery resulting in
 7        death).
 8             Section 2702 (relating to aggravated assault).
 9             Section 2706 (relating to terroristic threats).
10             Section 2713 (relating to neglect of care-dependent
11        person).
12             Section 2901 (relating to kidnapping).
13             Section 3301 (relating to arson and related
14        offenses).
15             Section 3502 (relating to burglary).
16             Section 3701 (relating to robbery).
17             Section 3921 (relating to theft by unlawful taking or
18        disposition) through section 3933 (relating to unlawful
19        use of computer).
20             Section 4101 (relating to forgery).
21             Section 4107 (relating to deceptive or fraudulent
22        business practices).
23             Section 4108 (relating to commercial bribery and
24        breach of duty to act disinterestedly).
25             Section 4109 (relating to rigging publicly exhibited
26        contest).
27             Section 4117 (relating to insurance fraud).
28             Section 4701 (relating to bribery in official and
29        political matters) through section 4703 (relating to
30        retaliation for past official action).

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 1             Section 4902 (relating to perjury) through section
 2        4912 (relating to impersonating a public servant).
 3             Section 4952 (relating to intimidation of witnesses
 4        or victims).
 5             Section 4953 (relating to retaliation against
 6        witness, victim or party).
 7             Section 5101 (relating to obstructing administration
 8        of law or other governmental function).
 9             Section 5111 (relating to dealing in proceeds of
10        unlawful activities).
11             Section 5512 (relating to lotteries, etc.) through
12        section 5514 (relating to pool selling and bookmaking).
13             Section 5902(b) (relating to prostitution and related
14        offenses).
15             Section 6111(g)(2) and (4) (relating to sale or
16        transfer of firearms).
17        * * *
18    Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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date	type	to	amount	role	source
—	referred_to_committee	Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee	—		pa-leg

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Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee

Who matters

Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.

#	Member	Role	Voted	Score
1	Dane Watro (R, state_lower PA-116)	sponsor	—	5
2	Aaron Bernstine (R, state_lower PA-8)	cosponsor	—	1
3	Andrew Kuzma (R, state_lower PA-39)	cosponsor	—	1
4	Charity GRIMM Krupa (R, state_lower PA-51)	cosponsor	—	1
5	Ed Neilson (D, state_lower PA-174)	cosponsor	—	1
6	Jamie Walsh (R, state_lower PA-117)	cosponsor	—	1
7	Jeff Olsommer (R, state_lower PA-139)	cosponsor	—	1
8	Nikki Rivera (D, state_lower PA-96)	cosponsor	—	1
9	R. Lee James (R, state_lower PA-64)	cosponsor	—	1
10	Thomas H. Kutz (R, state_lower PA-87)	cosponsor	—	1

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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)

By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no

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2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee · pa-leg

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