Pennsylvania HB1908 amends procedures for arrest and contempt in protection from abuse cases.

HB1908 amends Title 23 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to revise procedures for arrest and contempt in protection from abuse cases. It mandates that police officers or sheriffs must take defendants to court without unnecessary delay after an arrest. If the court is unavailable, the defendant must be taken to a designated magisterial district judge, a magistrate of the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court, or an appropriate hearing officer in first-class counties.

Pennsylvania HB1908 amends procedures for arrest and contempt in protection from abuse cases.

HB1908 amends Title 23 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to revise procedures for arrest and contempt in protection from abuse cases. It mandates that police officers or sheriffs must take defendants to court without unnecessary delay after an arrest. If the court is unavailable, the defendant must be taken to a designated magisterial district judge, a magistrate of the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court, or an appropriate hearing officer in first-class counties.