PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 773
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
694
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY BARTOLOTTA, HAYWOOD, STREET, SCAVELLO, KEARNEY,
KANE, MUTH AND COMITTA, MAY 19, 2021
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MAY 19, 2021
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, in the executive, 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 four-fifths of the
Board of Pardons, after full hearing in open session, upon due
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