An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in limitation of time, further providing for infancy, insanity or imprisonment; in matters affecting government units, further providing for exceptions to sovereign immunity and for exceptions to governmental immunity; making a repeal; and making editorial changes to replace references to the term "child pornography" with references to the term "child sexual abuse material."
This Pennsylvania bill updates state laws to clarify which inmates are ineligible for early release programs, specifically short sentence parole and certain parole eligibility rules. It directly affects prisoners convicted of specific serious offenses, such as incest, open lewdness, and crimes involving child sexual abuse material, by ensuring they cannot access these accelerated release options. The legislation also standardizes the term "child sexual abuse material" throughout the statutes to replace older references to "child pornography." Additionally, the bill makes minor editorial changes to correct references within the legal code.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Jul 2024
Senate Passage
Jun 2024
House Passage
Jul 2024
Governor
Introduced Jan 30, 2023
Last action Jul 8, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Jun 12, 2024 · House Jul 3, 2024
How they voted
40–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 42
Jun 12, 2024
D
Democratic16
100% Yea
R
Republican26
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
5
Committee
6
Amendments
1
Jul 8, 2024
Committee
Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations
upper
Jul 3, 2024
Lower · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
lower
Jul 3, 2024
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
Jul 2, 2024
Committee
Re-referred to Appropriations
lower
Jun 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported as committed
lower
Jun 13, 2024
Committee
Referred to Judiciary
lower
Jun 12, 2024
Upper · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
upper
Jun 4, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported as amended
upper
Jan 30, 2023
Committee
Referred to Judiciary
upper
1 primary · 9 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Judy Ward
RRepublican
Co
Amanda Cappelletti
DDemocratic
Co
Carolyn Comitta
DDemocratic
Co
Cris Dush
RRepublican
Co
Devlin Robinson
RRepublican
Co
Doug Mastriano
RRepublican
Co
Kristin Phillips-Hill
RRepublican
Co
Maria Collett
DDemocratic
Co
Nikil Saval
DDemocratic
Co
Rosemary Brown
RRepublican
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