HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 484, 693
PRINTER'S NO. 1424
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
502
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY BARTOLOTTA, HUGHES, HAYWOOD, SCHWANK, LEACH,
BAKER, COLLETT, KILLION, A. WILLIAMS, FARNESE, COSTA, STREET,
PHILLIPS-HILL, TARTAGLIONE, STEFANO, YUDICHAK, BREWSTER,
J. WARD, BROWNE AND MUTH, MARCH 25, 2019
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, DECEMBER 9, 2019
AN ACT
Amending the act of November 24, 1998 (P.L.882, No.111),
entitled "An act providing for victims' rights; imposing
penalties; establishing remedies; establishing the Office of
Victim Advocate, the Bureau of Victims' Services, the
Victims' Services Advisory Committee, the State Offender
Supervision Fund and other funds; and making repeals," in
preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in
crime victims, further providing for rights, for
responsibilities of victims of crime under basic bill of
rights, for responsibilities of State and local law
enforcement agencies and for responsibilities of prosecutor's
office; in administration, further providing for office, for
powers and duties of victim advocate and for powers and
duties of Office of Victims' Services; IN PAROLE ADVOCACY,
FURTHER PROVIDING FOR PREPAROLE NOTIFICATION TO VICTIM AND
FOR PETITIONS TO DENY PAROLE UPON EXPIRATION OF MINIMUM
SENTENCE; in compensation, further providing for persons
eligible for compensation, for filing of claims for
compensation, for minimum allowable claim, for determination
of claims, for emergency awards, for awards and for
confidentiality of records; in services, further providing
for eligibility of victims; in financial matters, further
providing for costs and for costs for offender supervision
programs; and, in enforcement, further providing for
subrogation.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
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