PRINTER'S NO. 291
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
377
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY MCGARRIGLE, ARGALL, TEPLITZ, FONTANA, VULAKOVICH,
SCHWANK, BAKER, RAFFERTY, MENSCH, HUGHES, COSTA, YUDICHAK,
BROWNE AND WILLIAMS, FEBRUARY 3, 2015
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 3, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of November 24, 1998 (P.L.882, No.111),
entitled "An act providing for victims' rights; imposing
penalties; establishing remedies; establishing the Office of
Victim Advocate, the Bureau of Victims' Services, the
Victims' Services Advisory Committee, the State Offender
Supervision Fund and other funds; and making repeals," in
crime victims, further providing for victims' rights.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 201(3) and (12) of the act of November
24, 1998 (P.L.882, No.111), known as the Crime Victims Act,
amended June 28, 2002 (P.L.496, No.85), are amended and the
section is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
Section 201. Rights.
Victims of crime have the following rights:
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(2.1) To not be excluded from any criminal or juvenile
proceeding in accordance with 42 Pa.C.S. § 6336 (relating to
conduct of hearings), unless the court, based on the record
before it , determines that testimony by the victim would be
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