Legislation Quick Search
03/29/2024 11:52 AM
Pennsylvania State Senate
https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/Legis/CSM/showMemoPublic.cfm?chamber=S&SPick=20130&cosponId=11985
Share:
Home / Senate Co-Sponsorship Memoranda

Senate Co-Sponsorship Memoranda

Subscribe to PaLegis Notifications
NEW!

Subscribe to receive notifications of new Co-Sponsorship Memos circulated

By Member | By Date | Keyword Search


Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2013 - 2014 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM

Posted: March 4, 2013 04:36 PM
From: Senator Michael J. Stack
To: All Senate members
Subject: Hit-and-Run legislation
 
In the near future, I will introduce legislation regarding leaving the scene of an accident that results in serious bodily injury. HB 208 of 2012 (Rep. Reed) passed last session to provide a sentencing enhancement for all hit-and-run violations that result in death. This bill passed both the House and the Senate and was signed by Governor Corbett in November of 2012.

This legislation would provide a similar enhancement for all hit-and-run accidents that result in serious bodily injury or SBI. The definition of SBI in this case would be long-term health problems such as brain damage, paralysis or other life-altering long-term problems. These enhancements have been reviewed by the PA Sentencing Commission to provide judges with a stronger sentence for cases that involve SBI. These enhancements are different from mandatory minimums and take into account prior records on the Offense Gravity Score (OGS).

Sen. John Rafferty along with Mark Bergstrom of the Sentencing Commission, helped shape this language to work on creative sentencing through enhancements. Together, it our hope that we can severely punish those who flee the scene of an accident that result in serious injury.

I have been authoring similar legislation for the past three legislative cycles due to two horrible hit-and-run incidents in my district. These cases change lives forever and we need to send a strong message that leaving the scene of an accident will not be tolerated and will not go unpunished.

Please contact my office if you have any additional questions.



Introduced as SB735