Bill Text: PA HB2123 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for victims of sexual or physical abuse.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-17 - Referred to JUDICIARY [HB2123 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB2123-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2953
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2123 Session of2012
INTRODUCED BY MURT, KILLION, BRENNAN, ADOLPH, BISHOP, BOBACK, BOYD, R. BROWN, V. BROWN, D. COSTA, CREIGHTON, DALEY, DAVIS, DeLUCA, DENLINGER, DONATUCCI, FARRY, GEIST, GIBBONS, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, HACKETT, HARHART, HESS, HORNAMAN, LONGIETTI, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANN, McGEEHAN, MIRABITO, MUNDY, MURPHY, MYERS, O'NEILL, PARKER, PICKETT, QUINN, RAPP, READSHAW, ROCK, SANTARSIERO, SAYLOR, K. SMITH, SONNEY, STEPHENS, STERN, STEVENSON, TAYLOR, THOMAS, TOBASH, VULAKOVICH, WATSON AND YOUNGBLOOD, JANUARY 17, 2012
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 17, 2012
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
victims of sexual or physical abuse.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5988(a) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 5988. Victims of sexual or physical abuse.
(a) Release of name prohibited.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law to the contrary, in a prosecution involving a
child victim of sexual or physical abuse, unless the court
otherwise orders, the name and actual initials of the child
victim shall not be disclosed by officers or employees of the
court to the public, and any records revealing the name or
actual initials of the child victim will not be open to public
inspection.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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