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PRINTER'S NO. 1946
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1719
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY McCLINTON, KINSEY, A. BROWN, McNEILL, D. WILLIAMS,
PARKER, N. NELSON, DAVIDSON, SANCHEZ, MADDEN, GUENST,
HOHENSTEIN, RABB, DELLOSO, SIMS, INNAMORATO, A. DAVIS, ROWE
AND HOWARD, JULY 8, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JULY 8, 2021
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, 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 of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania 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
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 three-fifths of the
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