PRINTER'S NO. 130
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
166
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY SACCONE, BAKER, ORTITAY, D. COSTA, TAYLOR,
MILLARD, PHILLIPS-HILL, READSHAW AND BARRAR, JANUARY 23, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 23, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sentencing, further
providing for sentences for offenses committed with firearms.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 9712(a) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 9712. Sentences for offenses committed with firearms.
(a) Mandatory sentence.--Except as provided under section
9716 (relating to two or more mandatory minimum sentences
applicable), any person who is convicted in any court of this
Commonwealth of a crime of violence as defined in section
9714(g) (relating to sentences for second and subsequent
offenses), shall, if the person visibly possessed a firearm or a
replica of a firearm, whether or not the firearm or replica was
loaded or functional, that placed the victim in reasonable fear
of death or serious bodily injury, during the commission of the
offense, be sentenced to a minimum sentence of at least five
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