PRINTER'S NO. 2253
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1817
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY WEBSTER, MAYES, HILL-EVANS, MADDEN, SALISBURY,
SCHLOSSBERG, KENYATTA, McNEILL, FLICK, SANCHEZ, DELLOSO,
GUENST, BRENNAN, FRANKEL, D. WILLIAMS, CERRATO, NEILSON,
KINKEAD AND GREEN, NOVEMBER 8, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, NOVEMBER 8, 2023
AN ACT
Amending Title 54 (Names) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in judicial change of name, further providing for
court approval required for change of name and for change by
order of court, providing for change by administrative
application and further providing for effect on children.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 701(a), (a.1) heading, (1) and (4)(ii)(B)
and (b) of Title 54 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
are amended and the section is amended by adding a subsection to
read:
§ 701. Court approval required for change of name.
(a) General rule.--Except as set forth in subsection (b), it
shall be unlawful for any person to assume a name different from
the name by which such person is and has been known, unless such
change in name is made pursuant to proceedings in court in
accordance with subsection (a.1) or pursuant to the
administrative procedures provided in subsection (a.2).
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