PRINTER'S NO. 2029
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1712
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY C. WILLIAMS, PICKETT, HANBIDGE, M. JONES, MARCELL,
GUENST, GILLEN, STEELE, STRUZZI AND OTTEN, SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
AN ACT
Amending Titles 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 75
(Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in
sentencing, further providing for sentence of total
confinement; in general provisions, further providing for
definitions; in licensing of drivers, further providing for
the offense of driving while operating privilege is suspended
or revoked and for ignition interlock limited license; and,
in driving after imbibing alcohol or utilizing drugs, further
providing for ignition interlock, for prior offenses, for
Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition, for drug and alcohol
assessments and for mandatory sentencing and providing for
substance monitoring program.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 9756 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
§ 9756. Sentence of total confinement.
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(c.2) Determinate sentence.--A court may impose a
determinate sentence under 75 Pa.C.S. (relating to vehicles)
where the violation is graded as a summary offense and the
maximum sentence of total confinement is 90 days or less.
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