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PA HR99
Resolution
Status
3/3/2025
Primary Sponsor
Emily Kinkead
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AI Summary
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Directs the Joint State Government Commission to establish a bipartisan task force to review Pennsylvania's Crimes Code, Judicial Code, and Sentencing Code for redundant, overlapping, or inconsistent offenses and outdated language
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Task force consists of 4 legislators: one each appointed by the Senate President pro tempore, Senate Minority Leader, House Speaker, and House Minority Leader
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Creates a 30-member advisory committee appointed by the Governor, including representatives from the Attorney General's office, district attorneys, public defenders, criminal defense lawyers, judiciary, and law enforcement
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Pennsylvania's Crimes Code has expanded from 282 offenses in 1972 to over 1,500 offenses currently, with a 2009 report finding "irrational and contradictory grading differences" and offenses conflicting with residents' values
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Task force must report findings and recommendations to the General Assembly within two years of the resolution's adoption
Legislative Description
A Concurrent Resolution directing the Joint State Government Commission to establish a bipartisan task force to study any consolidated or unconsolidated State statutes in the Pennsylvania Crimes Code, Judicial Code, Sentencing Code or elsewhere under which a term of imprisonment and other collateral consequences may be imposed in order to identify redundant, overlapping and inconsistent offenses, improper grading and gaps in criminal liability, out-of-date, antiquated, offensive or unenforceable language and to make recommendations to the General Assembly.
Last Action
Reported as committed
6/30/2025