PENNSYLVANIA, March 19 - PRINTER'S NO. 464

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

5

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY BARTOLOTTA, A. WILLIAMS, KEARNEY, FONTANA, STREET,

TARTAGLIONE, COLLETT, MENSCH, PITTMAN, STEFANO, CAPPELLETTI,

KANE, BOSCOLA AND HAYWOOD, MARCH 19, 2021

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 19, 2021

AN ACT

Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in judicial boards and

commissions, providing for adoption of guidelines for

administrative probation violations; and, in sentencing,

further providing for sentencing generally, for order of

probation, for modification or revocation of order of

probation and for court-imposed sanctions for violating

probation and providing for resentencing of certain offenders

incarcerated due to revocation of probation.

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:

§ 2154.8. Adoption of guidelines for administrative probation

violations.

Within 180 days of the effective date of this section, the

commission shall adopt guidelines for a graduated response to

administrative probation violations. The guidelines may not

include imprisonment for more than 30 days.

Section 2. Section 9721(a.1) of Title 42 is amended by

adding a paragraph to read:

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