PRINTER'S NO. 178
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
189
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY McGARRIGLE, SABATINA, BREWSTER, HUGHES AND
RAFFERTY, JANUARY 26, 2017
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JANUARY 26, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of November 24, 1998 (P.L.882, No.111),
entitled "An act providing for victims' rights; imposing
penalties; establishing remedies; establishing the Office of
Victim Advocate, the Bureau of Victims' Services, the
Victims' Services Advisory Committee, the State Offender
Supervision Fund and other funds; and making repeals," in
crime victims, further providing for rights.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 201(3) and (12) of the act of November
24, 1998 (P.L.882, No.111), known as the Crime Victims Act, are
amended and the section is amended by adding a paragraph to
read:
Section 201. Rights.
Victims of crime have the following rights:
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(2.1) To not be excluded from any criminal or juvenile
proceeding in accordance with 42 Pa.C.S. § 6336 (relating to
conduct of hearings), unless the court, based on the record
before it , determines that testimony by the victim would be
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