PRINTER'S NO. 991
No. 798 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY BROWNE, PILEGGI, ARMSTRONG, M. WHITE, BOSCOLA AND
COSTA, JUNE 22, 2005
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JUNE 22, 2005
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
3 right to bail.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 5701 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 5701. Right to bail.
9 All prisoners shall be bailable by sufficient sureties,
10 unless:
11 (1) for capital offenses or for offenses for which the
12 maximum sentence is life imprisonment; or
13 (2) no condition or combination of conditions other than
14 imprisonment will reasonably assure the safety of any person
15 and the community when the proof is [evident] sufficient or
16 presumption great. [Excessive bail shall not be required.]
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
E2L42RLE/20050S0798B0991