An Act amending Titles 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in judicial boards and commissions, providing for commission, for composition of commission and for powers and duties of commission, 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 judgments and other liens, further providing for personal earnings exempt from process; in sentencing, further providing for sentences for offenses against infant persons, for sentencing generally, for collection of restitution, reparation, fees, costs, fines and penalties, for payments of court costs, restitution and fines, 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 for 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 sentencing, for evaluation and for reports; in miscellaneous provisions, further providing for confidentially of victim information; in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, further providing for definitions, for general powers of board, for probation services, for parole power, providing for short sentence parole and for reentry supervision, further providing for violation of terms of parole, for parole procedure and for victim statements, testimony and participation in hearing and providing for parolee homicide review; in county probation officers' firearm education and training, further providing for County Probation Officers' Firearm Education and Training Commission and for commission membership; making conforming amendments; and making a related repeal.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2019
Committee Review
Dec 2019
Senate Passage
Dec 2019
House Passage
Dec 2019
Signed into Law
Dec 2019
Introduced Mar 25, 2019
Signed Dec 18, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Jun 5, 2019 · House Dec 16, 2019
How they voted
28–0
Passed
Total votes 28
Jun 5, 2019
D
Democratic13
100% Yea
R
Republican15
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
10
Committee
10
Dec 18, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor
upper
Dec 18, 2019
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred in House amendments
upper
Dec 18, 2019
Upper · Passed
Re-reported on concurrence, as committed
upper
Dec 18, 2019
Committee
Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS
upper
Dec 17, 2019
Lower · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
lower
Dec 17, 2019
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
Dec 16, 2019
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (104-0-3)
house
Dec 16, 2019
Committee
Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS
lower
Dec 9, 2019
Lower · Passed
PN 1423 Reported as amended
lower
Jun 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to JUDICIARY
lower
Jun 5, 2019
Upper · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
upper
Jun 3, 2019
Upper · Passed
Re-reported as committed
upper
May 8, 2019
Committee
Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS
upper
May 1, 2019
Upper · Passed
PN 0692 Reported as amended
upper
Mar 25, 2019
Committee
PN 0483 Referred to JUDICIARY
upper
1 primary · 12 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Thomas H. Killion
RRepublican
Co
Art Haywood
DDemocratic
Co
Camera Bartolotta
RRepublican
Co
Daylin Leach
DDemocratic
Co
John T. Yudichak
IIndependent
Co
Judy Schwank
DDemocratic
Co
Katie Muth
DDemocratic
Co
Kristin Phillips-Hill
RRepublican
Co
Maria Collett
DDemocratic
Co
Pat Stefano
RRepublican
Co
Patrick M. Browne
RRepublican
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