PRINTER'S NO. 3685
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2487
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY STEPHENS, QUIGLEY, BAKER, CORBIN, PASHINSKI,
ROZZI, CHARLTON, TOEPEL, MILLARD, BARRAR, BARBIN, READSHAW,
MURT, V. BROWN, ROEBUCK, CONKLIN, COX, D. COSTA, WATSON,
GILLEN AND LAWRENCE, JUNE 13, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 13, 2018
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sentencing, providing
for sentencing for crimes involving family or household
member.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 9720.8. Sentencing for crimes involving family or household
member.
The following sentencing provisions shall apply to a
violation of an offense under 18 Pa.C.S. (relating to crimes and
offenses) where the victim is a family or household member of
the person as described in 23 Pa.C.S. § 6108 (relating to
relief):
(1) Unless a sentence enhancement is provided for the
offense by statute, the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing
shall, in accordance with section 2154 (relating to adoption
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