Lisa Baker

03/24/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/24/2025 11:23

Senate Judiciary Committee Holding Voting Meeting

HARRISBURG - The Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Sen. Lisa Baker (R-20), will hold a voting meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, March 25, at 11:30 a.m., in Room 8E-B, East Wing of the Capitol Complex, Harrisburg.

The following bills will be considered:

  • Senate Bill 92, P.N. 47 (Mastriano)-Amends Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) to establish a mandatory minimum sentence for the crime of drug delivery resulting in death when the defendant has two or more prior felony drug convictions.
  • Senate Bill 326, P.N. 256 (Baker/Robinson)-Amends the Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act to provide for the automatic scheduling of a substance when the substance is added to the schedules as a controlled substance under federal law.
  • Senate Bill 490, P.N 444 (Robinson)-Amends Title 42 to prohibit an issuing authority from setting non-monetary bail when the defendant is a person posing a threat to public safety.
  • Senate Bill 471, P.N. 425 (Laughlin)-Amends Title 42 to require a prosecuting attorney to notify the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) when a defendant is present in the United States in violation of federal immigration law.
  • Senate Bill 96, P.N. 51 (Brooks)-Amends Title 18, section 2706 (relating to terroristic threats) to increase the grading of the offense when the threat relates to a school of institution of higher education and require a person convicted of terroristic threats to pay for the cost of an evacuation or emergency response to the threat.
  • Senate Bill 175, P.N. 114 (Hughes)-Amends Title 18, section 4905 (relating to false alarms to agencies of public safety), by authorizing a court to order a person convicted of the offense to pay for the cost of emergency response.

Livestream will be available at pasenategop.com/watch/.

CONTACT:
Cara Laudenslager

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