PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 1179
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1124
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY KEEFER, IRVIN, ECKER, HAMM, GROVE, KAUFFMAN,
JAMES, ROWE, ZIMMERMAN, GLEIM, LEADBETER, MOUL AND T. JONES,
MAY 5, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 5, 2023
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, further providing for judicial
administration.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby resolves as follows:
Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
That section 10(c) of Article V be amended to read:
ยง 10. Judicial administration.
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(c) [The] Except as provided by law, the Supreme Court shall
have the power to prescribe general rules governing practice,
procedure and the conduct of all courts, justices of the peace
and all officers serving process or enforcing orders, judgments
or decrees of any court or justice of the peace, including the
power to provide for assignment and reassignment of classes of
actions or classes of appeals among the several courts as the
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needs of justice shall require, and for admission to the bar and
to practice law, and the administration of all courts and
supervision of all officers of the Judicial Branch, if such
rules are consistent with this Constitution and neither abridge,
enlarge nor modify the substantive rights of any litigant, nor
affect the right of the General Assembly to determine the
jurisdiction of any court or justice of the peace, nor suspend
nor alter any statute of limitation or repose. [All laws shall
be suspended to the extent that they are inconsistent with rules
prescribed under these provisions. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this section, the] The General Assembly may by
statute provide for the manner of testimony of child victims or
child material witnesses in criminal proceedings, including the
use of videotaped depositions or testimony by closed-circuit
television.
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Section 2. The following procedure applies to the proposed
constitutional amendment in this joint resolution:
(1) Upon the first passage by the General Assembly of
the amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
proceed immediately to comply with the advertising
requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution
of Pennsylvania.
(2) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of
the amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
proceed immediately to comply with the advertising
requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution
of Pennsylvania. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
submit the amendment to the qualified electors of this
Commonwealth at the first primary, general or municipal
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election which meets the requirements of section 1 of Article
XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania.
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