THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY M. KELLER, BAKER, BARRAR, BEAR, BEYER, BOYD, DALLY, FLECK, GEIST, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GRELL, HARRIS, HENNESSEY, HESS, HUTCHINSON, KAUFFMAN, W. KELLER, KORTZ, MAHONEY, MANN, McILVAINE SMITH, MENSCH, MILLARD, MILNE, MOUL, MURT, PASHINSKI, PAYNE, PETRI, PICKETT, PYLE, RAPP, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROCK, SAYLOR, SIPTROTH, STABACK, STERN, SWANGER, TRUE, VULAKOVICH, WATSON AND YOUNGBLOOD, FEBRUARY 13, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 13, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for

sentences for offenses against infant persons.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 9718(a)(3) of Title 42 of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 9718.  Sentences for offenses against infant persons.

(a)  Mandatory sentence.--

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(3)  A person convicted of the following offenses shall

be sentenced to a mandatory term of imprisonment as follows:

18 Pa.C.S. § 3121(c) and (d) - not less than ten years.

18 Pa.C.S. § 3125(a)(7) - not less than five years.

18 Pa.C.S. § 3125(a)(8) - not less than two years.

18 Pa.C.S. § 3125(b) - not less than ten years.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.