PRINTER'S NO. 112
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
146
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY BERNSTINE, SAINATO, KAUFFMAN, ROTHMAN, MILLARD,
PICKETT, STRUZZI, JONES, SCHMITT, BURNS, STEPHENS, KEEFER,
RYAN, TOOHIL, DUNBAR, MOUL AND HEFFLEY, JANUARY 13, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 13, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and
Parole, further providing for parole power.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6137(k) of Title 61 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
adding subsections to read:
§ 6137. Parole power.
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(f.1) Violent offenses while incarcerated.--The board may
not release on parole a person convicted of a violent offense
committed while incarcerated for at least 24 months following
the expiration of the minimum term of imprisonment fixed by the
court or 24 months following the conviction, whichever is
longer.
(f.2) Obstruction of justice offenses while incarcerated.--
The board may not release on parole a person convicted of an
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