Bill Text: PA SB508 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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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

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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

 

Amending the act of November 24, 1998 (P.L.882, No.111),
entitled "An act providing for victims' rights; imposing
penalties; establishing remedies; establishing the Office of
Victim Advocate, the Bureau of Victims' Services, the
Victims' Services Advisory Committee, the State Offender
Supervision Fund and other funds; and making repeals,"
further providing for petitions to deny parole upon
expiration of minimum sentence.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 502(b) of the act of November 24, 1998
(P.L.882, No.111), known as the Crime Victims Act, amended
October 2, 2002 (P.L.839, No.121), is amended to read:

Section 502. Petitions to deny parole upon expiration of
minimum sentence.

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(b) Appearance.--The victim or the victim's representative
shall be permitted to appear in person and provide testimony
before the [board or hearing examiner] person or body making the
parole release decision or, in the alternative, the victim's

testimony may be presented by conference call to the person or
body. The testimony of a victim [before the board] shall be
confidential. Records maintained by the department and the board
pertaining to victims shall be kept separate[. Current] from
other records and these victim records, including current
address, telephone number and any other personal information of
the victim and family members, shall be deemed confidential.

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Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.