PRINTER'S NO. 2953
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
735
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY GINGRICH, THOMAS, COHEN, GREINER, D. COSTA, JAMES,
DEAN, ROTHMAN, ENGLISH, BAKER, MURT, WARD, KILLION, CORBIN,
HARHART, BOBACK, STURLA, SCHLOSSBERG, PICKETT, PAYNE,
READSHAW, DONATUCCI, KOTIK, MILNE, FARRY, CUTLER, DAVIS,
MARSICO, V. BROWN AND GERGELY, MARCH 15, 2016
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 15, 2016
A RESOLUTION
Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a
study on the Protection from Abuse Act and publish a report
of its findings, including any recommended legislative and
policy changes.
WHEREAS, With the passage of the first Protection From Abuse
Act in 1976, Pennsylvania became the second state in the United
States to enact legislation for the specific purpose of
protecting victims of domestic abuse; and
WHEREAS, Since that time, the Protection from Abuse Act has
provided crucial and even lifesaving protections to thousands of
victims of abuse; and
WHEREAS, In order for a law's stated purposes to be
accomplished, legislation must be monitored by and on behalf of
those whose lives it affects; and
WHEREAS, The Protection from Abuse Act has undergone
substantial revision in the years since its initial passage; and
WHEREAS, Despite the continual improvement of the act, the
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