THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY CONKLIN, BRENNAN, KIRKLAND, FABRIZIO, LONGIETTI, EVERETT, KORTZ, SIPTROTH, SCAVELLO, BELFANTI, GEIST, VULAKOVICH, GRUCELA, HARPER, R. TAYLOR, PASHINSKI, MAHONEY, K. SMITH, READSHAW, MANN, SABATINA, MOUL, ROCK, McILVAINE SMITH, MELIO, SANTARSIERO AND GIBBONS, MARCH 11, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 11, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for parole of

offenders and sexually violent predators.

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:

§ 9799.10.  Parole of offenders and sexually violent predators.

No offender or sexually violent predator shall be paroled

from a State or county correctional institution until the

offender has secured a residence and can provide its address to

the Pennsylvania State Police. If offenders and sexually violent

predators are unable to secure a residence, the Department of

Corrections and the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole

shall provide reasonable assistance in securing a residence.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.