PRINTER'S NO. 3230
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2248
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY HILL-EVANS, KINSEY, SCHLOSSBERG, ISAACSON, RABB,
READSHAW, BULLOCK, MURT, McCLINTON, FRANKEL, WEBSTER, SAYLOR,
FREEMAN, FITZGERALD, BARRAR, YOUNGBLOOD, HOWARD, ROZZI,
SHUSTERMAN, McNEILL, PASHINSKI, DONATUCCI, MIZGORSKI,
HANBIDGE, POLINCHOCK, ULLMAN, RADER, KORTZ, WHEATLEY AND KIM,
JANUARY 30, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, JANUARY 30, 2020
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in post-trial matters,
further providing for eligibility for relief, providing for
postconviction review for veterans with traumatic brain
injury or post-traumatic stress disorder and further
providing for jurisdiction and proceedings; and, in
sentencing, further providing for sentencing procedure for
murder of the first degree.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 9543(a)(2) of Title 42 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a
subparagraph to read:
§ 9543. Eligibility for relief.
(a) General rule.--To be eligible for relief under this
subchapter, the petitioner must plead and prove by a
preponderance of the evidence all of the following:
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