Bill Text: PA HB813 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Providing for bail after conviction of certain sexual offenses.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 30-9)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-09 - Referred to JUDICIARY [HB813 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB813-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 907
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 813 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY GINGRICH, BAKER, BELFANTI, BOYD, CIVERA, CONKLIN, FLECK, GEIST, GROVE, GRUCELA, HARKINS, HARRIS, HENNESSEY, HESS, KILLION, KORTZ, MANN, MILLARD, MILLER, MURPHY, MUSTIO, PICKETT, SCAVELLO, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, STERN, STEVENSON, SWANGER, TRUE, VULAKOVICH AND WATSON, MARCH 9, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 9, 2009
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for bail after
conviction of certain sexual offenses.
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:
§ 5762. Bail after conviction of certain sexual offenses.
There shall be no right to bail pending appeal or sentencing
for a defendant convicted of an offense listed under section
9795.1 (relating to registration) if the victim of the offense
was under 18 years of age at the time of its commission.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.