PRINTER'S NO. 4092
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2666
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY BULLOCK, McCLINTON, DONATUCCI, SCHLOSSBERG, SIMS,
FRANKEL, DAVIS, KIRKLAND, CEPHAS, THOMAS, J. HARRIS, SOLOMON,
RABB, KINSEY, MURT, DAWKINS, DAVIDSON, YOUNGBLOOD,
FITZGERALD, DALEY AND ROEBUCK, SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
AN ACT
Amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in miscellaneous provisions relating
to inmate confinement, providing for phone calls at State
correctional institutions.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 61 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 5908. Phone calls at State correctional institutions.
(a) Primary caretaker parents.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, a State inmate shall have the right to make,
without expense to the State inmate, one telephone call each
month to a child of the State inmate if, prior to incarceration:
(1) The State inmate was the primary caretaker of the
child.
(2) The child lived with the State inmate.
(b) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed as prohibiting other phone calls by State inmates in
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accordance with policies and procedures of the department.
(c) Applicability.--This section shall not apply to a video
conference call.
(d) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Child." An individual who is under 22 years of age.
"Primary caretaker parent." An individual who is a parent,
guardian or custodian of a child and provides more care to the
child than another parent, guardian or custodian of the child.
"State inmate." An inmate of a State correctional
institution.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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