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Senate Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2013 - 2014
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | January 11, 2013 02:16 PM |
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| From: | Senator James R. Brewster |
| To: | All Senate members |
| Subject: | Remove statute of limitations for certain offenses |
| In the near future, I plan to reintroduce SB 543 of 2011. This legislation would amend Section 1551 of Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) to remove the statute of limitations for certain offenses. A prosecution for the following offenses may be commenced at any time: (1) Murder. (2) Voluntary manslaughter. (3) Conspiracy to commit murder or solicitation to commit murder if a murder results from the conspiracy or solicitation. (4) Any felony alleged to have been perpetrated in connection with a murder of the first or second degree, as set forth in 18 Pa.C.S. § 2502(a) or (b) and (d) (relating to murder). (5) A violation of 75 Pa.C.S. § 3742 (relating to accidents involving death or personal injury) [or], 3732 (relating to homicide by vehicle) or 3735 (relating to homicide by vehicle while driving under influence) if the accused was the driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in the death of any person. (6) A violation of 18 Pa.C.S. § 2702(a)(1), (2), (4) or (7) (relating to aggravated assault) if the accused knew the victim was a law enforcement officer and the law enforcement officer was acting within the scope of the officer's duties. Section 2. The amendment of 42 Pa.C.S. § 5551(5) shall apply to offenses as to which the applicable period of limitations has not expired on the effective date of this section. Thank you for your consideration. SB 543 of 2011 was co-sponsored by Senators Erickson, Fontana, Rafferty, Tartaglione, Orie, Solobay, Stack, Kasunic, Costa, Boscola, Washington, Ward, Farnese, and Mensch. |
Introduced as SB829