PRINTER'S NO. 1418
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1102
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY BARBIN, D. COSTA, THOMAS, GODSHALL, DEAN, COHEN
AND V. BROWN, MAY 4, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 4, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and
Parole, further providing for parole power.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6137(a) is amended by adding a paragraph
and (c)(3) of Title 61 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
is amended by adding a subparagraph to read:
§ 6137. Parole power.
(a) General criteria for parole.--
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(6) Any inmate granted parole shall serve out any
remaining time on the prison or jail sentence in an approved
group-based housing facility or at the inmate's home with
electronic monitoring.
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(c) Administrative parole.--
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(3) An eligible offender placed on administrative parole
shall do all of the following:
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(v) Serve out the remainder of the imposed prison or
jail sentence either at an approved group-based housing
facility in the offender's county or serve out the
remainder of the imposed prison or jail sentence at the
offender's home with electronic monitoring.
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Section 2. The amendment of 61 Pa.C.S. § 6137(a) and (c)(3)
shall apply to any inmate who applies for parole or is granted
parole on or after the effective date of this act.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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