PENNSYLVANIA, October 3 - PRINTER'S NO. 1186

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

1021

Session of

2025

INTRODUCED BY GEBHARD, MASTRIANO, LANGERHOLC, ARGALL, ROTHMAN,

STEFANO, J. WARD AND HUTCHINSON, OCTOBER 3, 2025

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 3, 2025

AN ACT

Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sentencing, providing

for sentencing for offenses committed against immigration

enforcement.

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 committed against immigration

enforcement.

(a) Sentencing enhancement.--In addition to any minimum term

of imprisonment authorized or established by law for the

offense, the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing, in

accordance with section 2154 (relating to adoption of guidelines

for sentencing), shall provide for a sentence enhancement within

its guidelines for:

(1) a crime of violence, as defined in section 9714(g)

(relating to sentences for second and subsequent offenses),

if the offense was knowingly committed for the purpose of

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