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PA HB726
PA HB726In sentencing, further providing for sentences for offenses committed with firearms.
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Introduced
03/06/2019
03/06/2019
In Committee
01/23/2020
01/23/2020
Crossed Over
01/13/2020
01/13/2020
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020
12/31/2020
Introduced Session
2019-2020 Regular Session
Bill Summary
An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sentencing, further providing for sentences for offenses committed with firearms.
AI Summary
This bill amends the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to require that any person convicted of a crime of violence involving the visible possession of a firearm or replica that placed the victim in reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury be sentenced to a mandatory minimum of at least five years of total confinement, with the mandatory sentence to be imposed consecutively to any other sentence imposed by the court. The bill also specifies that such persons are not eligible for parole, probation, work release, or furlough.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance, Justice
Sponsors (9)
Anthony DeLuca (D)*,
Stephen Barrar (R),
Aaron Bernstine (R),
Frank Farry (R),
Rich Irvin (R),
William Kortz (D),
Harry Readshaw (D),
W. Todd Stephens (R),
Joseph Webster (D),
Last Action
Referred to JUDICIARY (on 01/23/2020)
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