PRINTER'S NO. 3342
No. 2303 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY GINGRICH, ARGALL, BAKER, BELFANTI, CALTAGIRONE,
CLYMER, GEIST, GOODMAN, HARKINS, MANN, McILHATTAN, R. MILLER,
READSHAW, RUBLEY, SCAVELLO, STERN, THOMAS, TRUE, WATSON,
WOJNAROSKI AND MOYER, MARCH 10, 2008
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 10, 2008
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for bail after
3 conviction of certain sexual offenses.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 5762. Bail after conviction of certain sexual offenses.
9 There shall be no right to bail pending appeal or sentencing
10 for a defendant convicted of an offense listed under section
11 9795.1 (relating to registration), if the victim of the offense
12 was under 18 years of age at the time of its commission.
13 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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