PRINTER'S NO. 674
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
661
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY MURT, STEPHENS, MILLARD, KINSEY, KORTZ, STURLA,
T. DAVIS, HILL-EVANS, READSHAW, BOBACK, DeLUCA, GILLEN AND
McCARTER, MARCH 1, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 1, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sentencing, providing
for global positioning system device to be worn by certain
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:
§ 9720.9. Global positioning system device to be worn by
certain offenders.
(a) Condition of probation or parole.--
(1) A person who is placed on probation or released on
parole after a conviction for stalking as defined in 18
Pa.C.S. § 2709.1 (relating to stalking) may be required as a
condition of probation or parole to wear a global positioning
system device or comparable device.
(2) The order for probation or parole shall establish
defined geographic exclusion zones in order to minimize the
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