PRINTER'S NO. 149
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
181
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY KOSIEROWSKI, SANCHEZ, HILL-EVANS, GALLOWAY,
CONKLIN, FREEMAN, SCHLOSSBERG, HOWARD AND ISAACSON,
JANUARY 15, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 15, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in governance of the
system, providing for criminal prosecutions involving
domestic violence survivors; and, in post-trial matters,
providing for post conviction relief for domestic violence
survivors.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 1726.3. Criminal prosecutions involving domestic violence
survivors.
(a) General rule.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law and except as provided under subsection (b), in any criminal
prosecution of an offense committed by a domestic violence
survivor, a court shall take into account the domestic
survivor's history of domestic violence victimization at the
time of the offense and how much the domestic violence
victimization affected the participation in the offense. If the
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