PRINTER'S NO. 439
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
449
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY BARTOLOTTA, TARTAGLIONE, VULAKOVICH, BREWSTER,
YUDICHAK, RAFFERTY, GORDNER, VOGEL, COSTA, HUGHES, WARD,
BROWNE AND KILLION, FEBRUARY 27, 2017
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 27, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for
probable cause arrests in domestic violence cases.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2711(c)(2) of Title 18 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is
amended by adding a subsection to read:
ยง 2711. Probable cause arrests in domestic violence cases.
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(c) Bail.--
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(2) In determining whether to admit the defendant to
bail, the issuing authority shall consider whether the
defendant poses a threat of danger to the victim and may use
a risk assessment tool adopted under subsection (e). If the
issuing authority makes such a determination, it shall
require as a condition of bail that the defendant shall
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