A00971
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
502
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY BARTOLOTTA, HUGHES, HAYWOOD, SCHWANK, LEACH,
BAKER, COLLETT, KILLION, A. WILLIAMS, FARNESE, COSTA AND
STREET, MARCH 25, 2019
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 25, 2019
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 and for responsibilities of prosecutor's
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.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definitions of "crime," "family,"
"intervenor," "local law enforcement agency," "loss of
earnings," "out-of-pocket loss" and "personal injury crime" in
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