PRINTER'S NO. 2579
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1865
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY VAZQUEZ, BARBIN, WARREN, McCLINTON, V. BROWN AND
FRANKEL, OCTOBER 16, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 16, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sentencing, providing
for alternative sentence for pregnant offenders.
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:
ยง 9722.1. Alternative sentence for pregnant offenders.
(a) Sentencing.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law
and except as otherwise provided under this section, in the case
of a pregnant offender, a court shall impose an individually
assessed sentence without confinement in a prison, work camp,
halfway facility or similar institution and based on community
rehabilitation. In imposing the sentence, the court shall take
into consideration the need of the pregnant offender to have a
relationship with the pregnant offender's child and may require
that the pregnant offender undergo house arrest.
(b) Conditions.--In imposing a sentence under this section,
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