Bill Text: PA HB2712 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-09-28 - Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT [HB2712 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB2712-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 4349
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2712 Session of2010
INTRODUCED BY GROVE, GILLESPIE, BOYD, BROOKS, CUTLER, GABLER, GODSHALL, HAHN, HARRIS, KAUFFMAN AND SWANGER, SEPTEMBER 28, 2010
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, SEPTEMBER 28, 2010
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)(1) of Title 42 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended 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:
(1) The victim was a firefighter, peace officer, public
servant concerned in official detention, as defined in 18
Pa.C.S. § 5121 (relating to escape), judge of any court in
the unified judicial system, the Attorney General of
Pennsylvania, a deputy attorney general, district attorney,
assistant district attorney, member of the General Assembly,
Governor, [Lieutenant Governor,] Auditor General, State
Treasurer, State law enforcement official, local law
enforcement official, Federal law enforcement official or
person employed to assist or assisting any law enforcement
official in the performance of his duties, who was killed in
the performance of his duties or as a result of his official
position.
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Section 2. Upon the ratification of the amendment to the
Constitution of Pennsylvania abolishing the office of Lieutenant
Governor, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall cause the date
of ratification to be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
Section 3. This act shall take effect as follows:
(1) Section 2 of this act and this section shall take
effect immediately.
(2) Section 1 of this act shall take effect upon
publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin of the ratification
date of the amendment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania
that abolishes the office of Lieutenant Governor.
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