What is the status of HB443?

In committee as of February 3, 2025. Latest action: Referred to JUDICIARY, Feb. 3, 2025 (February 3, 2025).

Timothy Briggs (D, 149), with 11 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for HB443?

On the Pennsylvania Legislature website: https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/hb443

Pennsylvania legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Pennsylvania HB443: An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in authorized disposition of offenders, further providing for sentence for murder, murder of unborn child and murder of law enforcement officer and for sentence of persons under the age of 18 for murder, murder of an unborn child and murder of a law enforcement officer; and, in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, further providing for parole power.

Q: What is HB443?

HB443 is a bill in the Pennsylvania Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in authorized disposition of offenders, further providing for sentence for murder, murder of unborn child and murder of law enforcement officer and for sentence of persons under the age of 18 for murder, murder of an unborn child and murder of a law enforcement officer; and, in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, further providing for parole power.

Status: In committee, February 3, 2025

What the bill says

From the introduced text, February 3, 2025:

PRINTER'S NO. 421 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE BILL No. Session of INTRODUCED BY BRIGGS, HOWARD, SANCHEZ, KINKEAD, HILL-EVANS, WEBSTER, KHAN, GIRAL, KENYATTA, CERRATO, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, PIELLI, MAYES, GUENST, HOHENSTEIN, DONAHUE, D. WILLIAMS, BOYD AND GREEN, FEBRUARY 3, 2025 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 3, 2025 Amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in authorized disposition of offenders, further providing for sentence for murder, murder of unborn child and murder of law enforcement officer and for sentence of persons under the age of 18 for murder, murder of an unborn child and murder of a law enforcement officer; and, in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, further providing for parole power. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1. Sections 1102(b) and 1102.1(c) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read: § 1102. Sentence for murder, murder of unborn child and murder of law enforcement officer. * * * (b) Second degree.--Except as provided under section 1102.1, a person who has been convicted of murder of the second degree, of second degree murder of an unborn child or of second degree murder of a law enforcement officer shall be sentenced to a term of [life] imprisonment of not more than …

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