SB 471 — 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 2025-03-18
Latest action: — Referred to JUDICIARY, April 1, 2025
Sponsors
- Daniel Laughlin (R, PA-49) — sponsor · 2025-03-18
- Wayne Langerholc (R, PA-35) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Jarrett Coleman (R, PA-16) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Kristin Phillips-Hill (R, PA-28) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Michele Brooks (R, PA-50) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Greg Rothman (R, PA-34) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Scott Hutchinson (R, PA-21) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Scott Martin (R, PA-13) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Judy Ward (R, PA-30) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Tracy Pennycuick (R, PA-24) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Cris Dush (R, PA-25) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Patrick J. Stefano (R, PA-32) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Doug Mastriano (R, PA-33) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Rosemary M. Brown (R, PA-40) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Chris Gebhard (R, PA-48) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
Action timeline
- · senate — Referred to JUDICIARY, March 18, 2025
- · senate — Reported as committed, March 25, 2025
- · senate — First consideration, March 25, 2025
- · senate — Second consideration, March 26, 2025
- · senate — Third consideration and final passage, March 31, 2025 (31-18)
- · house — In the House
- · house — Referred to JUDICIARY, April 1, 2025
- · senate — (Remarks see Senate Journal Page 242-244), March 31, 2025
Text versions
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Bill text
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PRINTER'S NO. 425
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 471
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY LAUGHLIN, LANGERHOLC, COLEMAN, PHILLIPS-HILL,
BROOKS, ROTHMAN, HUTCHINSON, MARTIN, J. WARD, PENNYCUICK,
DUSH AND STEFANO, MARCH 18, 2025
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 18, 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
Outbound (2)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate 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 | Daniel Laughlin (R, state_upper PA-49) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Chris Gebhard (R, state_upper PA-48) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Cris Dush (R, state_upper PA-25) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Doug Mastriano (R, state_upper PA-33) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Greg Rothman (R, state_upper PA-34) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Jarrett Coleman (R, state_upper PA-16) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Judy Ward (R, state_upper PA-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Kristin Phillips-Hill (R, state_upper PA-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Michele Brooks (R, state_upper PA-50) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Patrick J. Stefano (R, state_upper PA-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Rosemary M. Brown (R, state_upper PA-40) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Scott Hutchinson (R, state_upper PA-21) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Scott Martin (R, state_upper PA-13) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Tracy Pennycuick (R, state_upper PA-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Wayne Langerholc (R, state_upper PA-35) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
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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
Activity
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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee · pa-leg