PRINTER'S NO. 2336
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2028
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY MIHALEK, THOMAS, PENNYCUICK, LABS, SCHROEDER,
HILL-EVANS, O'NEAL, KAIL, LEWIS DELROSSO, RYAN, MERCURI,
TOOHIL, MIZGORSKI AND JOZWIAK, OCTOBER 28, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 28, 2021
AN ACT
Amending the act of November 24, 1998 (P.L.882, No.111),
entitled "An act providing for victims' rights; imposing
penalties; establishing remedies; establishing the Office of
Victim Advocate, the Bureau of Victims' Services, the
Victims' Services Advisory Committee, the State Offender
Supervision Fund and other funds; and making repeals," in
preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in
crime victims, further providing for rights, for
responsibilities of victims of crime under basic bill of
rights, for responsibilities of State and local law
enforcement agencies, for responsibilities of prosecutor's
office and for responsibilities of juvenile probation office;
in administration, further providing for office, for powers
and duties of victim advocate and for powers and duties of
Office of Victims' Services; in compensation, further
providing for persons eligible for compensation, for filing
of claims for compensation, for minimum allowable claim, for
determination of claims, for emergency awards, for awards and
for confidentiality of records; in services, further
providing for eligibility of victims; in financial matters,
further providing for costs and for costs for offender
supervision programs; and, in enforcement, further providing
for subrogation and for revictimization relief.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definitions of "crime," "intervenor," "local
law enforcement agency," "loss of earnings," "out-of-pocket
loss" and "personal injury crime" in section 103 of the act of
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