PRINTER'S NO. 56
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
44
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY SNYDER, MULLERY, GOODMAN, NEILSON, READSHAW, HILL-
EVANS, BARRAR, JAMES, MURT, KORTZ, CALTAGIRONE, MIZGORSKI,
McNEILL AND DeLUCA, JANUARY 28, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 28, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and
Parole, further providing for investigation of circumstances
of offense and providing for corrections officer statement,
testimony and participation in hearing.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6135(a) of Title 61 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
§ 6135. Investigation of circumstances of offense.
(a) Duty to investigate.--The board, on the commitment to a
correctional facility of any person whom the board is given the
power to parole under this chapter, shall consider:
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(5.1) The written statement or testimony of a
corrections officer submitted under section 6140.1 (relating
to corrections officer statement, testimony and participation
in hearing).
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