SB 911 — An Act amending Title 44 (Law and Justice) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for miscellaneous provisions and for violent incident clearance and technological investigative methods; establishing the Violent Incident Clearance and Technological Investigative Methods Program; and imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency.

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911 2025 INTRODUCED BY PICOZZI, ARGALL, CAPPELLETTI, BARTOLOTTA, VOGEL, STEFANO AND MILLER, JULY 8, 2025 SENATORAS BAKER,AMENDED JUDICIARY,ON ASSECOND AMENDED,CONSIDERATION, OCTOBERJUNE 28,24, 20252026 AN ACT Amending Title 44 (Law and Justice) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for miscellaneous provisions and for violent incident clearance and technological investigative methods;

"Cleared by arrest." Referring to aan caseoffense AN OFFENSE in which <-- a law enforcement agency reports that the case is solved and <-- closed for crime reporting purposes, when at least one individual has been arrested, charged with the commission of the offense and turned over to the court for prosecution, whether following arrest, court summons or police notice.

"Cleared by exceptional means." Referring to aan caseoffense AN <-- OFFENSE in which a law enforcement agency has:

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(1) Hiring, retaining and training personnel to <-- investigate homicides and other violent crimes.

(2)(1) Acquiring,RETAINING upgradingAND orTRAINING replacingOF technologyEXISTING orPERSONNEL 20250SB0911PN1283<-- 20250SB0911PN1841 - 3 - equipmentRESPONSIBLE relatedFOR toINVESTIGATING evidenceHOMICIDES collection,AND evidenceOTHER processingVIOLENT andCRIMES, forensicAND testingCOSTS relatedASSOCIATED toWITH homicidesTHE andRETENTION otherAND violentTRAINING. crimes.

(3)(2) Hiring,Acquiring, retainingupgrading andor trainingreplacing personneltechnology foror theequipment related to evidence collection, evidence processing and forensic testing of evidence related to homicides and other violent crimes.

(3) Hiring, retaining and training personnel for the <-- collection, processing and forensic testing of evidence related to homicides and other violent crimes.

(3) RETAINING AND TRAINING OF EXISTING PERSONNEL <-- RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COLLECTION, PROCESSING AND FORENSIC TESTING OF EVIDENCE RELATED TO HOMICIDES AND OTHER VIOLENT CRIMES, AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RETENTION AND TRAINING.

(4) RETAINING AND TRAINING OF EXISTING PERSONNEL ANALYZING HOMICIDES AND OTHER VIOLENT CRIMES, INCLUDING THE TEMPORAL AND GEOGRAPHIC TRENDS, AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RETENTION AND TRAINING.

(e)(E) SupplementalFUNDING.--THE natureCOMMISSION ofSHALL grants.--GrantsUTILIZE allocatedMONEY throughFROM theTHE program<-- shallAPPROPRIATION beFOR usedVIOLENCE toINTERVENTION supplementAND andPREVENTION notTO supplantAWARD existingGRANTS fundingUNDER forTHIS lawCHAPTER, enforcementIF agencies.THE AMOUNT OF THE APPROPRIATION IS 20250SB0911PN1841 - 4 - GREATER THAN THE AMOUNT OF THE SAME APPROPRIATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2025.

(f)(e) Subsequent(F) applications.--NothingSupplemental innature thisof sectiongrants.--Grants shallallocated be<-- construedthrough tothe prohibitprogram ashall lawbe enforcementused agency from making an application to receivesupplement aand grantnot undersupplant theexisting programfunding in a subsequent year for thelaw sameenforcement purposeagencies. and amount as in the prior year.

(g)(f) Geographic(G) diversity.--Subsequent (1)applications.--Nothing Thein commissionthis section <-- shall ensurebe thatconstrued grantsto awardedprohibit a law enforcement agency from making an application to receive a grant under the program arein geographicallya dispersedsubsequent throughoutyear thisfor Commonwealth.the same purpose and amount as in the prior year.

(g) (H) Geographic diversity.-- <-- (1) The commission shall ensure that grants awarded under the program are geographically dispersed throughout this Commonwealth.

20250SB0911PN1283 - 4 - (h) (I) Multijurisdictional applications.--Two or more <-- otherwise eligible law enforcement agencies representing different jurisdictions within this Commonwealth may submit a joint application for a grant under this program.

Each grant recipient under the program shall submit a report to the commission annually in the form and manner determined by <-- the commission.

(1) The fractionnumber of casescriminal inincidents eachinvolving offenseone typeor thatmore werehomicide <--or clearedviolent byoffenses arrestas andfollows: cleared by exceptional means.

(2)(i) ForThe eachnumber caseof includedhomicide inor paragraphviolent (1),offenses theper yearcriminal thatincident. the offense was committed and the year that the offense was cleared.

(1)20250SB0911PN1841 THE- NUMBER5 OF- CRIMINAL(ii) INCIDENTSThe INVOLVINGnumber ONEof ORoffenses <--involved MOREin HOMICIDEeach ORcriminal VIOLENTincident OFFENSESthat ASwere FOLLOWS:cleared by arrest.

(I)(iii) THEThe NUMBERnumber OFof HOMICIDEoffenses ORinvolved VIOLENTin OFFENSESeach PERcriminal CRIMINALincident INCIDENT.that were cleared by exceptional means.

(II)(2) THEFor NUMBEReach OFoffense OFFENSESin INVOLVEDparagraph IN(1), EACHthe CRIMINALdate INCIDENTthe THAToffense WEREwas CLEAREDcommitted BYand ARREST.the date the offense was cleared.

(III) THE NUMBER OF OFFENSES INVOLVED IN EACH CRIMINAL INCIDENT THAT WERE CLEARED BY EXCEPTIONAL MEANS.

(2) FOR EACH OFFENSE IN PARAGRAPH (1), THE DATE THE OFFENSE WAS COMMITTED AND THE DATE THE OFFENSE WAS CLEARED.

(5) The description of any training developed or 20250SB0911PN1283 - 5 - implemented.

(i) The fraction of casesoffenses in each offense OFFENSES <-- IN EACH category that were cleared by arrest and cleared by exceptional means.

(ii) The average duration between the date of the 20250SB0911PN1841 - 6 - offense and the date of the clearance for each offense category included in the reporting under this chapter.

(ii) Areas for improvement that would enhance the impact of the program specifically and increase clearance 20250SB0911PN1283 - 6 - rates generally.

(c) Submittal.--No later than one year after the effective date of this subsection and by DecemberMarch MARCH 31 of each year <-- thereafter, the commission shall submit an evaluation in accordance with this section to:

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