Bill Text: PA SB366 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for right to bail.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-3)

Status: (Passed) 2009-08-27 - Act No. 39 [SB366 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB366-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 365
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 366 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY BROWNE, BOSCOLA, ALLOWAY, COSTA, EARLL, GREENLEAF AND M. WHITE, FEBRUARY 20, 2009
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 20, 2009
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
right to bail.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5701 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 5701. Right to bail.
All prisoners shall be bailable by sufficient sureties,
unless:
(1) for capital offenses or for offenses for which the
maximum sentence is life imprisonment; or
(2) no condition or combination of conditions other than
imprisonment will reasonably assure the safety of any person
and the community when the proof is evident or presumption
great. [Excessive bail shall not be required.]
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.