Bill Information - History

An Act amending the act of April 27, 1927 (P.L.414, No.270), entitled as amended, "An act providing for a system of recording the identification of persons convicted of crime, and of fugitives from justice, and habitual criminals; conferring powers and imposing duties upon the Pennsylvania State Police, district attorneys, police officers, wardens or keepers of jails, prisons, workhouses, or other penal institutions, and sheriffs; providing for the payment of certain expenses by the counties; and imposing penalties," providing for a short title; defining "correctional institution"; and further providing for criminal records, for reporting, for fingerprinting, for unified criminal identification, for district attorneys and for violations.