Bill Text: PA HB2781 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for commitment or fine for contempt.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-10-18 - Referred to JUDICIARY [HB2781 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB2781-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 4484
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2781 Session of2010
INTRODUCED BY LENTZ, BELFANTI, BEYER, BRENNAN, BROWN, DeLUCA, DONATUCCI, HARKINS, HORNAMAN, MAHONEY, McILVAINE SMITH, MURT, PASHINSKI, SIPTROTH AND WATERS, OCTOBER 18, 2010
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 18, 2010
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
commitment or fine for contempt.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4133 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 4133. Commitment or fine for contempt.
Except as otherwise provided by statute, the punishment of
commitment for contempt provided in section 4132 (relating to
attachment and summary punishment for contempts) shall extend
only to contempts committed in open court and may not be for a
period in excess of two years. All other contempts shall be
punished by fine only.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.