PRINTER'S NO. 224
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
261
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY MASTRIANO AND STEFANO, JANUARY 31, 2023
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JANUARY 31, 2023
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in limitation of time,
further providing for no limitation applicable.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5551 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 5551. No limitation applicable.
(a) General rule.--A prosecution for the following offenses
may be commenced at any time:
(1) Murder.
(2) Voluntary manslaughter.
(3) Conspiracy to commit murder or solicitation to
commit murder if a murder results from the conspiracy or
solicitation.
(4) Any felony alleged to have been perpetrated in
connection with a murder of the first or second degree, as
set forth in 18 Pa.C.S. § 2502(a) or (b) and (d) (relating to
murder).
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(5) A violation of 75 Pa.C.S. § 3742 (relating to
accidents involving death or personal injury) or 3732
(relating to homicide by vehicle) if the accused was the
driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in the
death of any person.
(6) A violation of 18 Pa.C.S. § 2702(a)(1), (2), (4) or
(7) (relating to aggravated assault) if the accused knew the
victim was a law enforcement officer and the law enforcement
officer was acting within the scope of the officer's duties.
(7) An offense under any of the following provisions of
18 Pa.C.S. (relating to crimes and offenses), or a conspiracy
or solicitation to commit an offense under any of the
following provisions of 18 Pa.C.S. if the offense results
from the conspiracy or solicitation, if the victim was under
18 years of age at the time of the offense:
Section 3011(b) (relating to trafficking in
individuals).
Section 3012 (relating to involuntary servitude) as
it relates to sexual servitude.
Section 3121 (relating to rape).
Section 3122.1 (relating to statutory sexual
assault).
Section 3123 (relating to involuntary deviate sexual
intercourse).
Section 3124.1 (relating to sexual assault).
Section 3124.2 (relating to institutional sexual
assault).
Section 3125 (relating to aggravated indecent
assault).
Section 4302 (relating to incest).
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(8) An offense under any of the following provisions of
18 Pa.C.S., or a conspiracy or solicitation to commit an
offense under any of the following provisions of 18 Pa.C.S.
if the offense results from the conspiracy or solicitation,
if the victim is a nonverbal care-dependent person at the
time of the offense:
Section 2701 (relating to simple assault).
Section 2702.
Section 2713 (relating to neg lect of care-dependent
person).
Section 2713.1 (relating to abuse of care-dependent
person).
Section 2718 (relating to strangulation).
Section 3121.
Section 3122.1.
Section 3123.
Section 3124.1.
Section 3124.2.
Section 3125.
Section 3126 (relating to indecent assault).
(b) Definition.--As used in this section, the term
"nonverbal care-dependent person" shall mean an individual who
is 18 years of age or older who, due to physical or cognitive
disability or impairment, requires assistance to meet the
individual's needs for food, shelter, clothing, personal care or
health care and has significantly subaverage general
intellectual functioning that is accompanied by significant
limitations in the adaptive function of communication.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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