HB 756 — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions relating to criminal proceedings, providing for citizenship status of criminal defendants.
Congress · introduced 2025-03-03
Latest action: — Referred to JUDICIARY, March 3, 2025
Sponsors
- Jim Rigby (R, PA-71) — sponsor · 2025-03-03
- Dallas Kephart (R, PA-73) — cosponsor · 2025-03-03
- Keith J. Greiner (R, PA-43) — cosponsor · 2025-03-03
- Jacob D. Banta (R, PA-4) — cosponsor · 2025-03-03
- Joe Hamm (R, PA-84) — cosponsor · 2025-03-03
- Milou Mackenzie (R, PA-131) — cosponsor · 2025-03-03
- Doyle Heffley (R, PA-122) — cosponsor · 2025-03-03
- Andrea Verobish (R, PA-79) — cosponsor · 2025-03-03
- Rob W. Kauffman (R, PA-89) — cosponsor · 2025-03-03
- Andrew Kuzma (R, PA-39) — cosponsor · 2025-03-03
- David H. Rowe (R, PA-85) — cosponsor · 2025-03-03
- Tim Twardzik (R, PA-123) — cosponsor · 2025-03-03
- Barbara Gleim (R, PA-199) — cosponsor · 2025-03-03
- Brian Smith (R, PA-66) — cosponsor · 2025-03-03
- David H. Zimmerman (R, PA-99) — cosponsor · 2025-03-03
- Thomas H. Kutz (R, PA-87) — cosponsor · 2025-03-03
- Mark M. Gillen (R, PA-128) — cosponsor · 2025-03-03
- Eric J. Weaknecht (R, PA-5) — cosponsor · 2025-03-03
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to JUDICIARY, March 3, 2025
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Bill text
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PRINTER'S NO. 780
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 756
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY RIGBY, KEPHART, GREINER, BANTA, HAMM,
M. MACKENZIE, HEFFLEY, SCHMITT, KAUFFMAN, KUZMA, ROWE,
TWARDZIK, GLEIM, SMITH, ZIMMERMAN, KUTZ AND GILLEN,
MARCH 3, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 3, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions
3 relating to criminal proceedings, providing for citizenship
4 status of criminal defendants.
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 § 8704. Citizenship status of criminal defendants.
10 An attorney for the Commonwealth shall notify United States
11 Immigration and Customs Enforcement if, at any point during the
12 course of a criminal proceeding, the attorney for the
13 Commonwealth obtains information reasonably indicating that a
14 criminal defendant is not a citizen of the United States or
15 otherwise has been present in this Commonwealth or the United
16 States in violation of 8 U.S.C. Ch. 12 (relating to immigration
17 and nationality).
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.Connected on the graph
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| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee | — | pa-leg |
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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 | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Rigby (R, state_lower PA-71) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Andrea Verobish (R, state_lower PA-79) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Andrew Kuzma (R, state_lower PA-39) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Barbara Gleim (R, state_lower PA-199) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Brian Smith (R, state_lower PA-66) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Dallas Kephart (R, state_lower PA-73) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | David H. Rowe (R, state_lower PA-85) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | David H. Zimmerman (R, state_lower PA-99) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Doyle Heffley (R, state_lower PA-122) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Eric J. Weaknecht (R, state_lower PA-5) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Jacob D. Banta (R, state_lower PA-4) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Joe Hamm (R, state_lower PA-84) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Keith J. Greiner (R, state_lower PA-43) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Mark M. Gillen (R, state_lower PA-128) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Milou Mackenzie (R, state_lower PA-131) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Rob W. Kauffman (R, state_lower PA-89) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Thomas H. Kutz (R, state_lower PA-87) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Tim Twardzik (R, state_lower PA-123) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 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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