PENNSYLVANIA, March 10 - PRINTER'S NO. 372

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

338

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, COSTA, FONTANA, SCHWANK AND KANE,

MARCH 10, 2021

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 10, 2021

AN ACT

Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sentencing, providing

for sentencing for offenses involving violation of protection

orders or consent agreements.

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. Sentencing for offenses involving violation of

protection orders or consent agreements.

(a) Sentencing enhancement.--The Pennsylvania Commission on

Sentencing, in accordance with section 2154 (relating to

adoption of guidelines for sentencing), shall provide for a

sentencing enhancement for an offense under subsection (b) when,

at the time of the commission of the offense, the defendant was

in violation of a protection order or consent agreement issued

by a court in favor of the victim against the defendant under

Chapter 62A (relating to protection of victims of sexual

violence or intimidation) or 23 Pa.C.S. Ch. 61 (relating to

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