HB 166 — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sentencing, further providing for sentencing procedure for murder of the first degree.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-16
Latest action: — Laid on the table, Feb. 4, 2025
Sponsors
- Timothy R. Bonner (R, PA-17) — sponsor · 2025-01-16
- Tarik Khan (D, PA-194) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Chris Pielli (D, PA-156) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Danilo Burgos (D, PA-197) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Craig T. Staats (R, PA-145) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- David M. Delloso (D, PA-162) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- G. Roni Green (D, PA-190) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Perry S. Warren (D, PA-31) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Liz Hanbidge (D, PA-61) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to JUDICIARY, Jan. 16, 2025
- · house — Reported as committed, Feb. 4, 2025
- · house — First consideration, Feb. 4, 2025
- · house — Laid on the table, Feb. 4, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0124 · 1,848 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 124
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 166
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY BONNER, KHAN, PIELLI, BURGOS, STAATS AND DELLOSO,
JANUARY 16, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 16, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sentencing, further
3 providing for sentencing procedure for murder of the first
4 degree.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 9711(c)(1)(iv) of Title 42 of the
8 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
9 § 9711. Sentencing procedure for murder of the first degree.
10 * * *
11 (c) Instructions to jury.--
12 (1) Before the jury retires to consider the sentencing
13 verdict, the court shall instruct the jury on the following
14 matters:
15 * * *
16 (iv) The verdict must be a sentence of death if the
17 jury unanimously finds at least one aggravating
18 circumstance specified in subsection (d) and no
19 mitigating circumstance or if the jury unanimously finds
1 one or more aggravating circumstances which outweigh any
2 mitigating circumstances beyond a reasonable doubt. The
3 verdict must be a sentence of life imprisonment in all
4 other cases.
5 * * *
6 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Outbound (1)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Timothy R. Bonner (R, state_lower PA-17) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Chris Pielli (D, state_lower PA-156) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Craig T. Staats (R, state_lower PA-145) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Danilo Burgos (D, state_lower PA-197) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | David M. Delloso (D, state_lower PA-162) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | G. Roni Green (D, state_lower PA-190) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Liz Hanbidge (D, state_lower PA-61) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Perry S. Warren (D, state_lower PA-31) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Tarik Khan (D, state_lower PA-194) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee · pa-leg