PRINTER'S NO. 2281
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1697
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY McCLINTON, KINSEY, J. HARRIS, V. BROWN, RABB,
SCHWEYER, VITALI, BOBACK, KORTZ, THOMAS, NEILSON, FITZGERALD,
DEAN, PASHINSKI, DALEY, YOUNGBLOOD, DAVIS, GAINEY, DAWKINS,
FRANKEL, ROZZI, KIRKLAND AND BULLOCK, AUGUST 15, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, AUGUST 15, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in juvenile matters,
further providing for place of detention.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6327(c) and (c.1)(1) of Title 42 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
ยง 6327. Place of detention.
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(c) Detention in jail prohibited.--It is unlawful for any
person in charge of or employed by a jail knowingly to receive
for detention or to detain in the jail any person whom he has or
should have reason to believe is a child unless, in a criminal
proceeding, the child has been charged with [or has been found
guilty of an act set forth in paragraph (2)(i), (ii), (iii) or
(v) of the definition of "delinquent act" in section 6302
(relating to definitions).] the crime of murder.
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(c.1) Detention of child.--
(1) A child who is subject to criminal proceedings
having been charged with [an act set forth under paragraph
(2)(i), (ii) or (iii) of the definition of "delinquent act"
in section 6302] the crime of murder, who has not been
released on bail and who may seek or is seeking transfer to
juvenile proceedings under section 6322 (relating to transfer
from criminal proceedings) may be detained in a secure
detention facility approved by the Department of Public
Welfare for the detention of alleged and adjudicated
delinquent children if the attorney for the Commonwealth has
consented to and the court has ordered the detention.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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