A00449
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
411
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY BROWNE, BAKER, PITTMAN, ARGALL, MARTIN, MENSCH,
YUDICHAK, VOGEL, KANE, MASTRIANO AND STEFANO, MARCH 11, 2021
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 11, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Titles 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 61
(Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in judicial boards and commissions, further
providing for definitions and for publication of guidelines
for sentencing, resentencing and parole, risk assessment
instrument and recommitment ranges following revocation; in
depositions and witnesses, further providing for confidential
communications involving law enforcement officers and for
confidential communications to peer support members; in
juvenile matters, further providing for inspection of court
files and records; in particular rights and immunities,
further providing for immunity of State parole officers and
for immunity of program administrators and supervisors; in
post-trial matters, further providing for postconviction DNA
testing; in sentencing, further providing for mandatory
period of probation for certain sexual offenders, for
disposition of persons found guilty but mentally ill, for
information required upon commitment and subsequent
disposition, for judicial power to release inmates, for
transfer of inmates in need of medical treatment, for
applicability, for registry, for initial registration, for
duty to inform, for enforcement, for assessments, for
verification by sexual offenders and Pennsylvania State
Police, for administration, for global positioning system
technology, for immunity for good faith conduct, for
Pennsylvania State Police, for duties of probation and parole
officials, for board, for annual performance audit, for
applicability, for registration, for registration procedures
and applicability, for assessments, for administration, for
global positioning system technology, for immunity for good
faith conduct, for duties of Pennsylvania State Police, for
duties of Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, for
board and for annual performance audit; in other criminal
provisions, further providing for supervisory relationship to
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