PENNSYLVANIA, March 14 - PRINTER'S NO. 458

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

476

Session of

2023

INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, BARTOLOTTA, FONTANA, HAYWOOD, SCHWANK,

DILLON, KANE, PENNYCUICK, COMITTA, SANTARSIERO, TARTAGLIONE,

COSTA, ROTHMAN AND SAVAL, MARCH 14, 2023

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 14, 2023

AN ACT

Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, in protection from abuse, further

providing for relief.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 6108(a) of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:

§ 6108. Relief.

(a) General rule.--Subject to subsection (a.1), the court

may grant any protection order or approve any consent agreement

to bring about a cessation of abuse of the plaintiff or minor

children. The order or agreement may include:

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( 2.1) Granting the transfer of an existing wireless

telephone number, including the wireless telephone numbers of

minor children in the care of the plaintiff, to the plaintiff

when the billing responsibility for and rights to the

wireless telephone number belong to the defendant as the

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