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                                                       PRINTER'S NO. 159

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 149 Session of 1997


        INTRODUCED BY ALLEN, WOGAN, HORSEY, CLARK, YOUNGBLOOD, EGOLF,
           FICHTER, HERSHEY, B. SMITH, TIGUE, ARGALL, DENT, TRELLO,
           WAUGH, LYNCH, BATTISTO, GODSHALL, BELARDI, READSHAW, LEH,
           SHANER, BARD, FAIRCHILD, BEBKO-JONES, WOJNAROSKI, BROWNE,
           HUTCHINSON, COWELL, MICOZZIE, MICHLOVIC, SAYLOR, CLYMER,
           DALLY, DiGIROLAMO, SATHER, HESS, BLAUM, BAKER, MAITLAND, ZUG,
           DEMPSEY, RAMOS, STERN, BOSCOLA, SCRIMENTI, McGILL, TRUE,
           PISTELLA, E. Z. TAYLOR, FARGO, ROONEY, GIGLIOTTI, MILLER,
           GRUPPO, SEMMEL, D. W. SNYDER, PHILLIPS, RAYMOND, BARRAR,
           BELFANTI, J. TAYLOR, LUCYK, STEVENSON, C. WILLIAMS AND
           STEELMAN, JANUARY 29, 1997

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 29, 1997

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
     2     Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the expungement
     3     of certain arrest records relating to sexual offenses.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Section 9122 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
     7  Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
     8  § 9122.  Expungement.
     9     * * *
    10     (b.1)  Prohibition.--A court shall not have the authority to
    11  order expungement of the defendant's arrest record where the
    12  defendant was placed on Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition
    13  for a violation of any offense set forth in any of the following
    14  where the victim is under 18 years of age:

     1         Section 3121 (relating to rape).
     2         Section 3122.1 (relating to statutory sexual assault).
     3         Section 3123 (relating to involuntary deviate sexual
     4     intercourse).
     5         Section 3124.1 (relating to sexual assault).
     6         Section 3125 (relating to aggravated indecent assault.
     7         Section 3126 (relating to indecent assault).
     8         Section 5902(b) (relating to prostitution and related
     9         offenses).
    10         Section 5903 (relating to obscene and other sexual
    11     materials and performances).
    12     * * *
    13     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.












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