THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY GINGRICH, DEASY, BAKER, BOBACK, BOYD, CONKLIN, DeLUCA, FLECK, GEIST, GILLESPIE, GOODMAN, GROVE, HARKINS, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, KAUFFMAN, KAVULICH, KNOWLES, KORTZ, MANN, MILLARD, MILLER, MILNE, MOUL, MURPHY, MURT, MUSTIO, PICKETT, PYLE, QUINN, RAPP, ROAE, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, K. SMITH, SONNEY, STERN, STEVENSON, SWANGER, VULAKOVICH, WATSON AND YOUNGBLOOD, FEBRUARY 10, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 10, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in bonds and

recognizances, providing for bail after conviction of certain

sexual offenses.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:

§ 5762.  Bail after conviction of certain sexual offenses.

There shall be no right to bail pending appeal or sentencing

for a defendant convicted of an offense listed under section

9795.1 (relating to registration) if the victim of the offense

was under 18 years of age at the time of its commission.

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