The records for the Judiciary Committee from the 1989-1990 session, the Democrats in the majority. The Chairs were Thomas R. Caltagirone (Majority) and Nicholas B. Moehlmann (Minority). The Chairs of the Subcommittee on Courts were Gerard A. Kosinski (Majority) and Terrence F. McVerry (Minority). The Chairs of the Subcommittee on Crime and Corrections were Kevin Blaum (Majority) and Lois Sherman Hagarty (Minority). The Secretary was Babette Josephs (Majority).

An Act regulating private prisons; providing for contracts between the Commonwealth and counties and private contractors; and providing for approval by the Attorney General and for the licensing and inspection of private prisons by the Department of Corrections.

An Act amending the act of July 27, 1967 (P. L. 186, No. 58), entitled "An act imposing liability upon parents for personal injury, or theft, destruction, or loss of property caused by the willful, tortuous acts of children under eighteen years of age, setting forth limitations, and providing procedure for recovery," increasing liability of parents for acts of children.