SB1338

In governance of the system, further providing for fee increases and automation fee.

Introduced·5/20/26
Introduced Text

Pennsylvania SB1338 amends the automation fee for clerk of courts offices, allowing an increase up to $10.

Pennsylvania SB1338 modifies the automation fee for clerk of courts offices in second class A and third through eighth class counties, including home rule counties. The bill permits an automation fee of up to $10 for initiating any action or legal proceeding. The fee may increase no more than once every three years, with the increase limited to the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items (CPI-U) for the United States City Average as published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Judiciary Committee
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Sponsors

DDD
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RRR
Democratic CaucusRepublican Caucus

History

May 20

Senate

Referred to Judiciary