PRINTER'S NO. 668
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
631
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY MARSICO, BAKER, STEPHENS, MURT, KEEFER, MILLARD,
RYAN, CALTAGIRONE, ENGLISH, JOZWIAK, SAYLOR, PICKETT, COX,
IRVIN, WARD, MOUL AND TOOHIL, FEBRUARY 24, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 24, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sentencing, providing
for a mandatory period of probation for certain sexual
offenders.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 9718.5. Mandatory period of probation for certain sexual
offenders.
(a) Mandatory probation supervision after release from
confinement.--A person who is convicted in a court of this
Commonwealth of an offense under section 9799.14(d) (relating to
sexual offenses and tier system) shall be sentenced to a
mandatory period of probation of three years consecutive to and
in addition to any other lawful sentence issued by the court.
(b) Imposition.--The court may impose the term of probation
required under subsection (a) in addition to the maximum
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sentence permitted for the offense for which the defendant was
convicted.
(c) Authority of court in sentencing.--There shall be no
authority in a court to impose on an offender to which this
section is applicable a lesser period of probation than provided
for under subsection (a). Sentencing guidelines promulgated by
the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing shall not supersede
the mandatory period of probation provided under this section.
(d) Direct supervision.--Nothing under this section shall
limit the court's authority to direct supervision by the
Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole by special order as
provided under 61 Pa.C.S. § 6133(a) (relating to probation
services).
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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