Bill Text: PA HB739 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for sentencing procedure for murder of the first degree.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 23-5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-05 - Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS [HB739 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB739-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 825
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 739 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY BENNINGHOFF, BARRAR, BELFANTI, BEYER, BOYD, D. COSTA, GEIST, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GRUCELA, HARRIS, HUTCHINSON, KAUFFMAN, KILLION, LONGIETTI, MANN, METZGAR, MURT, PAYNE, PYLE, REICHLEY, ROCK, ROHRER, STEVENSON, SWANGER, VULAKOVICH AND WATSON, MARCH 5, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 5, 2009
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
sentencing procedure for murder of the first degree.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 9711(d) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
§ 9711. Sentencing procedure for murder of the first degree.
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(d) Aggravating circumstances.--Aggravating circumstances
shall be limited to the following:
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(19) The defendant perpetrated a sexually violent
offense as defined in section 9792 (relating to definitions)
against the victim and, at the time of the killing, the
defendant was required to register pursuant to Subchapter H
(relating to registration of sexual offenders).
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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