PRINTER'S NO. 3497
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2325
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY EVERETT, BARBIN, BLOOM, M. K. KELLER, MILLARD,
TOOHIL, KINSEY, LONGIETTI, SCHLOSSBERG, J. McNEILL, CHARLTON,
HELM, MUSTIO, CALTAGIRONE, COX, STEPHENS, READSHAW, MARSICO,
MURT, STURLA, ROEBUCK, D. COSTA, YOUNGBLOOD, BRIGGS, SAYLOR
AND HILL-EVANS, MAY 3, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 3, 2018
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in depositions and
witnesses, providing for procedures to protect victims and
witnesses with intellectual disabilities or autism.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 59 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subchapter to read:
SUBCHAPTER E
VICTIMS AND WITNESSES WITH
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES OR AUTISM
Sec.
5991. Declaration of policy.
5992. Definitions.
5993. Admissibility of certain statements.
ยง 5991. Declaration of policy.
In order to promote the best interests of residents of this
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