PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 472 | PRINTER'S NO. 718 |
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. | 508 | Session of 2013 |
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, TOMLINSON, TEPLITZ, WARD, YUDICHAK, FONTANA, RAFFERTY, FOLMER, WASHINGTON, BREWSTER, BLAKE, ERICKSON, WAUGH, BROWNE, SOLOBAY, COSTA, McILHINNEY, TARTAGLIONE, FARNESE AND BOSCOLA, FEBRUARY 14, 2013
SENATOR GREENLEAF, JUDICIARY, AS AMENDED, MARCH 19, 2013
AN ACT
1Amending the act of November 24, 1998 (P.L.882, No.111),
2entitled "An act providing for victims' rights; imposing
3penalties; establishing remedies; establishing the Office of
4Victim Advocate, the Bureau of Victims' Services, the
5Victims' Services Advisory Committee, the State Offender
6Supervision Fund and other funds; and making repeals,"
7further providing for petitions to deny parole upon
8expiration of minimum sentence.
9The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10hereby enacts as follows:
11Section 1. Section 502(b) of the act of November 24, 1998
12(P.L.882, No.111), known as the Crime Victims Act, amended
13October 2, 2002 (P.L.839, No.121), is amended to read:
14Section 502. Petitions to deny parole upon expiration of
15minimum sentence.
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17(b) Appearance.--The victim or the victim's representative
18shall be permitted to appear in person and provide testimony
19before the [board or hearing examiner] <-person or body panel or
20the majority of those board members charged with making the
1parole release decision or, in the alternative, the <-victim's or
2the victim's <-representative's testimony may be presented by
3[conference call] to the person or body elect<-ronic means as
4provided by the board. The testimony of a victim [before the
5board] <-or a victim's representative shall be confidential.
6Records maintained by the department and the board pertaining to
7victims shall be kept separate[. Current] from other records and
8these victim records, including current address, telephone
9number and any other personal information of the victim and
10family members, shall be deemed confidential.
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12Section 2. This act shall take effect <-immediately September
131, 2013, or immediately, whichever is later.