Bill Information - History

An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in burglary and other criminal intrusion, further providing for the offense of burglary; in other offenses, further providing for drug trafficking sentencing and penalties; in Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing, further providing for powers and duties and for publication of guidelines; in sentencing, further providing for sentences for second and subsequent offenses; in sentencing, providing for sentencing for certain paroled offenders; in sentencing, further providing for sentencing generally, for disposition under guilty but mentally ill, for partial confinement, for total confinement and for proceedings and location; in sentencing, providing for court-imposed sanctions for offenders violating probation; in county intermediate punishment, further providing for definitions and for programs; in correctional institutions administration, further providing for drug distribution definitions; in inmate confinement visitation, further providing for Gubernatorial visitors, for official visitors and for rights of official visitors; in inmate confinement prerelease plans, further providing for establishment of prerelease centers, for prerelease plan for inmates, for regulations and for compensation of inmates; in inmate confinement motivational boot camps, further providing for definitions and for selection of inmate participants; in inmate confinement State intermediate punishment, further providing for definitions and for referral to State intermediate punishment program; in inmate confinement recidivism risk reduction incentive, further providing for definitions; in inmate confinement community corrections facilities, further providing for definitions; in inmate confinement, providing for safe community reentry and for community corrections centers and community corrections facilities; in probation and parole administration, further providing for certain offenders residing in group-based homes, for administrative powers over parolees, for general court criteria for parole, for parole power, for parole violation and for parole procedure; in probation and parole administration, providing for early parole subject to Federal order; making a related repeal; and abrogating regulations.