THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY HARHART, STEVENSON, KULA, O'NEILL, BAKER, BEYER, BOYD, BRIGGS, CLYMER, D. COSTA, CRUZ, DAY, ELLIS, EVERETT, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GROVE, HARRIS, HICKERNELL, KAUFFMAN, KNOWLES, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANN, MILLER, MOUL, MURT, OBERLANDER, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, QUINN, RAPP, READSHAW, REICHLEY, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, STABACK, STERN, SWANGER, VULAKOVICH, WATSON AND YOUNGBLOOD, SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for sex

offender information made available on the Internet.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 9798.1(c) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 9798.1.  Information made available on the Internet.

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(c)  Information permitted to be disclosed regarding

individuals.--Notwithstanding 18 Pa.C.S. Ch. 91 (relating to

criminal history record information), the Internet website shall

contain the following information on each individual:

(1)  For sexually violent predators, the following

information shall be posted on the Internet website:

(i)  name and all known aliases;

(ii)  year of birth;

(iii)  the street address, municipality, county and

zip code of all residences, including, where applicable,

the name of the prison or other place of confinement;

(iv)  the street address, municipality, county, zip

code and name of any institution or location at which the

person is enrolled as a student;

(v)  the street address, municipality, county

[and],zip code and name of any employment location;

(vi)  a photograph of the offender, which shall be

updated not less than annually;

(vii)  a physical description of the offender,

including sex, height, weight, eye color, hair color and

race;

(viii)  any identifying marks, including scars,

birthmarks and tattoos;

(ix)  the license plate number and description of any

vehicle owned or registered to the offender;

(x)  whether the offender is currently compliant with

registration requirements;

(xi)  whether the victim is a minor;

(xii)  a description of the offense or offenses which

triggered the application of this subchapter; and

(xiii)  the date of the offense and conviction, if

available.

(2)  For all other lifetime registrants and offenders

subject to registration, the information set forth in

paragraph (1) shall be posted on the Internet website.

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