Bill Text: PA SB515 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: In criminal history record information, further providing for definitions; and providing for mandatory determination and reporting of citizenship and immigration status.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 17-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-14 - Referred to JUDICIARY [SB515 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SB515-Introduced.html

  

 

    

PRINTER'S NO.  516

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

SENATE BILL

 

No.

515

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY ORIE, RAFFERTY, SCARNATI, ALLOWAY, WARD, WOZNIAK, ERICKSON, WAUGH, FOLMER, KASUNIC, PIPPY, VOGEL, BROWNE, EARLL, D. WHITE, MENSCH, ROBBINS, EICHELBERGER, BREWSTER AND ARGALL, FEBRUARY 14, 2011

  

  

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 14, 2011  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania

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Consolidated Statutes, in criminal history record

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information, further providing for definitions; and providing

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for mandatory determination and reporting of citizenship and

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immigration status.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  The definition of "criminal history record

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information" in section 9102 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania

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Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

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§ 9102.  Definitions.

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The following words and phrases when used in this chapter

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shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the

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context clearly indicates otherwise:

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"Criminal history record information."  Information collected

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by criminal justice agencies concerning individuals, and arising

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from the initiation of a criminal proceeding, consisting of

 


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identifiable descriptions, dates and notations of arrests,

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indictments, citizenship and immigration status under section

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9112.1 (relating to mandatory determination of citizenship and

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immigration status of certain arrestees), informations or other

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formal criminal charges and any dispositions arising therefrom.

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The term does not include intelligence information,

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investigative information or treatment information, including

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medical and psychological information, or information and

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records specified in section 9104 (relating to scope).

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Section 2.  Title 18 is amended by adding a section to read:

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§ 9112.1.  Mandatory determination of citizenship and

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immigration status of certain arrestees.

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(a)  Inquiry.--An arresting authority shall inquire into the

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citizenship and immigration status of any person arrested for a

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felony or any offense involving violence or a minor.

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Verification of immigration status shall be done without regard

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to the person's national origin, ethnicity or race. If the

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person cannot demonstrate that he or she is a citizen or is

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legally in the United States, the arresting authority shall

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verify with the Federal Government, under section 642(c) of the

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Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of

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1996 (Division C of the act of September 30, 1996, Public Law

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104-208, 110 Stat. 3009-707), the person's citizenship or

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immigration status. The following information shall be forwarded

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to, in a manner and form as provided by, the central repository:

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(1)  the determination of citizenship or immigration

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status; or

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(2)  the inability to determine citizenship or

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immigration status in cases where the determination would

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significantly expand the duration of the detention.

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(b)  Cooperation with Federal immigration authorities.--An

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arresting authority shall fully comply with and, to the full

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extent permitted by law, support the enforcement of Federal law

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prohibiting the entry into, presence or residence in the United

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States of persons in violation of Federal law. If the person is

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verified to be unlawfully present in the United States under

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subsection (a), the arresting authority shall cooperate with any

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request by Federal immigration authorities to detain the person

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or transfer the person to the custody of the Federal Government.

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(c)  Authorization.--Under section 642 of the Illegal

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Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 and

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section 434 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity

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Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193, 110 Stat. 2105),

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no arresting authority agencies may be prohibited or in any way

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restricted from sending, receiving or maintaining information

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regarding the immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any

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individual or exchanging the information with any other Federal,

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State or local government entity. No city, county or State law

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enforcement agency may by ordinance, official policy or informal

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policy prevent its officers from asking individuals their

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citizenship or immigration status.

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(d)  Uniform crime reporting.--Statistical information

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concerning citizenship and immigration status under this section

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shall be included in the Pennsylvania Uniform Crime Reporting

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Program and published in any annual report under the act of

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November 29, 2004 (P.L.1383, No.180), known as the Uniform Crime

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Reporting Act.

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Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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