PRINTER'S NO. 121
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
156
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY OWLETT, KAUFFMAN, STEPHENS, PICKETT, RAPP,
SCHLEGEL CULVER AND ZIMMERMAN, JANUARY 13, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 13, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in depositions and
witnesses, further providing for admissibility of certain
statements.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5985.1(a)(1) introductory paragraph of
Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to
read:
ยง 5985.1. Admissibility of certain statements.
(a) General rule.--
(1) An out-of-court statement made by a child victim or
witness, who at the time the statement was made was [12] 16
years of age or younger, describing any of the offenses
enumerated in paragraph (2), not otherwise admissible by
statute or rule of evidence, is admissible in evidence in any
criminal or civil proceeding if:
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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