An Act amending Titles 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in judicial boards and commissions, further providing for powers and duties, for adoption of guidelines for sentencing, for adoption of guidelines for county intermediate punishment, for adoption of guidelines for State intermediate punishment and for adoption of risk assessment instrument; in sentencing, further providing for sentencing generally, for order of probation, for sentence of partial confinement, for sentence of total confinement, for sentence of county intermediate punishment, for information required upon commitment and subsequent disposition, for modification or revocation of order of probation, for court-imposed sanctions for offenders violating probation, for modification or revocation of county intermediate punishment sentence and for revocation of State intermediate punishment sentence; in county intermediate punishment, further providing for county intermediate punishment programs and for continued eligibility; in motivational boot camp, further providing for definitions, for selection of inmate participants and for motivational boot camp program; in State intermediate punishment, further providing scope of chapter, for definitions, for referral to State intermediate punishment program, for drug offender treatment program and for reports; in recidivism risk reduction incentive, further providing for definitions, for evaluation and for reports; in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, further providing for definitions, for advisory committee, for general powers of board, for probation services, for parole power, providing for short sentence parole, further providing for violation of terms of parole and for parole procedure; and making conforming amendments.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2018
Committee Review
Apr 2018
Senate Passage
Apr 2018
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 12, 2018
Last action Apr 30, 2018
Floor votes · Senate Apr 25, 2018
How they voted
48–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 49
Apr 25, 2018
D
Democratic15
93% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican33
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Apr 30, 2018
Committee
Referred to JUDICIARY
lower
Apr 25, 2018
Upper · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
upper
Apr 24, 2018
Introduced
PN 1708 Amended on third consideration
upper
Apr 16, 2018
Upper · Passed
Re-reported as committed
upper
Mar 26, 2018
Committee
Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS
upper
Mar 19, 2018
Upper · Passed
PN 1555 Reported as amended
upper
Mar 12, 2018
Committee
PN 1526 Referred to JUDICIARY
upper
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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