PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2294
PRINTER'S NO. 2447
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1843
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY DONAHUE, KLUNK, MADDEN, GALLAGHER, HILL-EVANS,
SANCHEZ, HANBIDGE, HADDOCK, DELOZIER, BOYD, CERRATO, WARREN
AND KHAN, NOVEMBER 13, 2023
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
DECEMBER 13, 2023
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in depositions and
witnesses, providing for sentencing considerations for child
victim offenders.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 5988.1. Sentencing considerations for child victim offenders.
(a) Court discretion.--Subject to subsection (b) and
notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a child is
convicted of an offense in a criminal proceeding FOLLOWING A
MOTION FILED BY THE PROSECUTOR OR THE DEFENDANT AND A HEARING ON
THE MOTION and the court finds, by clear and convincing
evidence, that a victim of the child's criminal conduct had,
within one year prior to the child's commission of the offense,
engaged in, or forced or compelled the child to engage in,
prohibited sexual conduct, and the child's commission of the
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