Bill Information - History

An Act amending Titles 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 44 (Law and Justice) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for definitions of "board" and "department"; further providing for composition of the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing and for powers and duties; providing for adoption of guidelines for resentencing, adoption of guidelines for parole and adoption of recommitment ranges following revocation of parole by the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole; further providing for publication of guidelines, for sentencing generally, for sentence of total confinement, for sentencing proceeding and place of confinement, for information required upon commitment and subsequent disposition and for referral to State intermediate punishment program; and providing for recidivism risk reduction incentive.