PENNSYLVANIA, March 18 - PRINTER'S NO. 1513

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

1235

Session of

2026

INTRODUCED BY BAKER, VOGEL, STREET, J. WARD, PENNYCUICK AND

DUSH, MARCH 18, 2026

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 18, 2026

AN ACT

Amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and

Parole, further providing for Pennsylvania Parole Board.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 6111(b) and (c)(2) of Title 61 of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:

§ 6111. Pennsylvania Parole Board.

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(b) Membership.--The board shall consist of nine members who

shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and

consent of a majority of the members of the Senate, and each of

whom shall hold office for a term of six years or until that

person's successor shall have been duly appointed and qualified,

but in no event more than [90 days] six months beyond the

expiration of that person's appointed term.

(c) Vacancies.--

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