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PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2889
PRINTER'S NO. 2978
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2464
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY DELOZIER, KAUFFMAN, BOBACK, GUENST, JAMES,
MILLARD, PICKETT AND STAATS, MARCH 29, 2022
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, APRIL 12, 2022
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
crime victims, providing for legal standing.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 2 of the act of November 24, 1998
(P.L.882, No.111), known as the Crime Victims Act, is amended by
adding a subchapter to read:
SUBCHAPTER C
LEGAL STANDING
Section 231. Crime victims.
A victim, or the Commonwealth on behalf UPON REQUEST of a
victim, shall have legal standing to assert and enforce a right
enumerated in this act or any other right afforded to the victim
by law in a trial or appellate court or before an official body
with jurisdiction over the victim's case.
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Section 232. Construction.
Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to THIS
SUBCHAPTER SHALL NOT :
(1) Grant party status to a victim.
(2) Provide grounds for an individual accused of a crime
or act of delinquency to obtain any form of relief in the
proceeding in which the individual is accused of a crime or
act of delinquency.
(3) Create a cause of action for compensation or damages
against the Commonwealth, a political subdivision, officer,
employee or agent of the Commonwealth, a political
subdivision or an officer or employee of a court.
Section 233. Commonwealth waiver.
The Commonwealth may not waive a victim's rights on behalf of
the vic tim ASSERT ON BEHALF OF A VICTIM THAT THE VICTIM HAS
WAIVED A RIGHT without a showing that the victim has knowingly
agreed to the waiver.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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