PRIOR PASSAGE, PENNSYLVANIA, May 19 - NONE

PRINTER'S NO. 773

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

694

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY BARTOLOTTA, HAYWOOD, STREET, SCAVELLO, KEARNEY,

KANE, MUTH AND COMITTA, MAY 19, 2021

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MAY 19, 2021

A JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth

of Pennsylvania, in the executive, further providing for

pardoning power and Board of Pardons.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby resolves as follows:

Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of

Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:

That section 9(a) of Article IV of the Constitution of

Pennsylvania be amended to read:

§ 9. Pardoning power; Board of Pardons.

(a) In all criminal cases except impeachment the Governor

shall have power to remit fines and forfeitures, to grant

reprieves, commutation of sentences and pardons; but no pardon

shall be granted, nor sentence commuted, except on the

recommendation in writing of a majority of the Board of Pardons,

and, in the case of a sentence of death or life imprisonment, on

the [unanimous] recommendation in writing of four-fifths of the

Board of Pardons, after full hearing in open session, upon due

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