SB 449 — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for probable cause arrests in domestic violence cases.

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1424449 PRIME2017 SPONSOR:INTRODUCED BY BARTOLOTTA, TARTAGLIONE, VULAKOVICH, BREWSTER, YUDICHAK, RAFFERTY, GORDNER, VOGEL, COSTA, HUGHES, WARD, BROWNE AND KILLION, FEBRUARY 27, 2017 REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 27, 2017 AN ACT AmeConsolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for probable cause arrests in domestic violence cases.

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Senate Bill 449, Printer’s Number 1424 amends Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses), Section 27111. (Probable cause arrests in domestic violence cases).

ANALYSIS:Section 2711(c)(2) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by adding a subsection to read:

Under§ current2711. law, in cases of probable cause arrests relating to domestic violence, a police officer has the right to arrest without warrant whenever there is probable cause of a violation of certain offenses.

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FISCALThis IMPACT:act shall take effect in 60 days.

Enactment20170SB0449PN0439 of- this2 legislation- will have no adverse fiscal impact on Commonwealth funds.

Any costs associated with the development and validation of a pretrial assessment tool by the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing would be absorbed within the commission’s current funding levels.

PREPARED BY:

Jenny P.

Stratton House Appropriations Committee (R) DATE:

March 9, 2018 Estimates are calculated using the best information available.

Actual costs and revenue impact incurred may vary from estimates.