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PRINTER'S NO. 1040
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
780
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY FARNESE, FONTANA, LEACH, HUGHES, TARTAGLIONE,
BREWSTER, SCHWANK AND COSTA, JUNE 20, 2019
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JUNE 20, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in judicial boards and
commissions, further providing for publication of guidelines
for sentencing, resentencing and parole, risk assessment
instrument and recommitment ranges following revocation.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2155(a)(1) of Title 42 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 2155. Publication of guidelines for sentencing, resentencing
and parole, risk assessment instrument and
recommitment ranges following revocation.
(a) General rule.--The commission shall:
(1) Prior to adoption, publish in the Pennsylvania
Bulletin all proposed sentencing guidelines, resentencing
guidelines following revocation of probation, county
intermediate punishment and State intermediate punishment,
parole guidelines, risk assessment instrument and
recommitment ranges following revocation by the board of
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paroles granted, and hold public hearings not earlier than 30
days and not later than 60 days thereafter to afford an
opportunity for the following persons and organizations to
testify:
(i) Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association.
(ii) Chiefs of Police Associations.
(iii) Fraternal Order of Police.
(iv) Public Defenders Organization.
(v) Law school faculty members.
(vi) State Board of Probation and Parole.
(vii) Department of Corrections.
(viii) Pennsylvania Bar Association.
(ix) Pennsylvania Wardens Association.
(x) Pennsylvania Association on Probation, Parole
and Corrections.
(xi) Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges.
(xii) Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense
Lawyers.
(xiii) Office of Victim Advocate.
(ix) County Commissioners Association of
Pennsylvania.
(x) Any other interested person or organization.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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