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                                                       PRINTER'S NO. 489

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

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.


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