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PRINTER'S NO. 1787
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1080
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY ARNOLD, ARGALL, MENSCH AND SCAVELLO, JUNE 22, 2020
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JUNE 22, 2020
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, in the executive, further providing for
pardoning power and Board of Pardons.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby resolves as follows:
Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
That section 9(a) of Article IV be amended to read:
ยง 9. Pardoning power; Board of Pardons.
(a) In all criminal cases except impeachment the Governor
shall have power to remit fines and forfeitures, to grant
reprieves, commutation of sentences and pardons; but no pardon
nor reprieve shall be granted, nor sentence commuted, except on
the recommendation in writing of a majority of the Board of
Pardons, and, in the case of a sentence of death or life
imprisonment, on the unanimous recommendation in writing of the
Board of Pardons, after full hearing in open session, upon due
public notice. The recommendation, with the reasons therefor at
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