Bill Text: PA SB508 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Providing for revictimization relief.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2014-10-21 - Act No. 150 [SB508 Detail]
Download: Pennsylvania-2013-SB508-Introduced.html
| PRINTER'S NO. 472 |
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. | 508 | Session of 2013 |
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, TOMLINSON, TEPLITZ, WARD, YUDICHAK, FONTANA, RAFFERTY, FOLMER, WASHINGTON, BREWSTER, BLAKE, ERICKSON, WAUGH, BROWNE, SOLOBAY, COSTA, McILHINNEY AND TARTAGLIONE, FEBRUARY 14, 2013
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 14, 2013
AN ACT
1Amending the act of November 24, 1998 (P.L.882, No.111),
2entitled "An act providing for victims' rights; imposing
3penalties; establishing remedies; establishing the Office of
4Victim Advocate, the Bureau of Victims' Services, the
5Victims' Services Advisory Committee, the State Offender
6Supervision Fund and other funds; and making repeals,"
7further providing for petitions to deny parole upon
8expiration of minimum sentence.
9The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10hereby enacts as follows:
11Section 1. Section 502(b) of the act of November 24, 1998
12(P.L.882, No.111), known as the Crime Victims Act, amended
13October 2, 2002 (P.L.839, No.121), is amended to read:
14Section 502. Petitions to deny parole upon expiration of
15minimum sentence.
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17(b) Appearance.--The victim or the victim's representative
18shall be permitted to appear in person and provide testimony
19before the [board or hearing examiner] person or body making the
20parole release decision or, in the alternative, the victim's
1testimony may be presented by conference call to the person or
2body. The testimony of a victim [before the board] shall be
3confidential. Records maintained by the department and the board
4pertaining to victims shall be kept separate[. Current] from
5other records and these victim records, including current
6address, telephone number and any other personal information of
7the victim and family members, shall be deemed confidential.
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9Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
