PRINTER'S NO. 489
No. 442 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY ORIE, PUNT, REGOLA, COSTA, FONTANA, LOGAN, RAFFERTY, BOSCOLA, WASHINGTON AND MUSTO, MARCH 14, 2007
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 14, 2007
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the 2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for 3 criminal prosecutions involving domestic violence. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. Section 1726.2 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania 7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read: 8 § 1726.2. Criminal prosecutions involving domestic violence. 9 * * * 10 (c) Sentencing.--The Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing, 11 pursuant to section 2154 (relating to adoption of guidelines for 12 sentencing), shall provide for a sentencing enhancement for an 13 offense under subsection (b) when the offense occurs in the 14 presence of a minor child of any of the parties to the offense. 15 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. L19L42JS/20070S0442B0489