PRINTER'S NO. 326
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
312
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, COSTA, HUGHES, FONTANA, FARNESE, SCHWANK,
BROWNE, BREWSTER, TARTAGLIONE, RAFFERTY, RESCHENTHALER,
SABATINA AND VULAKOVICH, FEBRUARY 15, 2017
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 15, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sentencing, providing
for sentencing for offenses involving violation of protection
orders or consent agreements.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 9720.8. Sentencing for offenses involving violation of
protection orders or consent agreements.
(a) Sentencing enhancement.--The Pennsylvania Commission on
Sentencing, in accordance with section 2154 (relating to
adoption of guidelines for sentencing), shall provide for a
sentencing enhancement for an offense under subsection (b) when,
at the time of the commission of the offense, the defendant was
in violation of a protection order or consent agreement issued
by a court in favor of the victim against the defendant under
Chapter 62A (relating to protection of victims of sexual
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