HB 908 — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sentencing, providing for termination of long-term parole supervision.

PRINTER'S NO.   949

                      THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                          HOUSE BILL
                          No. 908
                                                 Session of
                                                   2025

     INTRODUCED BY SMITH-WADE-EL, KHAN, KRAJEWSKI, MADDEN, SANCHEZ,
        KINKEAD, WAXMAN, KENYATTA, BURGOS, T. DAVIS, MAYES, HANBIDGE,
        GIRAL, BOYD, DAVIDSON, BOROWSKI, CARROLL, KAZEEM, HILL-EVANS,
        RIVERA AND D. WILLIAMS, MARCH 13, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 13, 2025


                                      AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
 2      Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sentencing, providing
 3      for termination of long-term parole supervision.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6      Section 1.     Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 7   Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
 8   § 9778.    Termination of long-term parole supervision.
 9      (a)    Termination.--If an individual is under parole
10   supervision subsequent to the imposition of a sentence by a
11   sentencing court, upon petition of the department or the
12   individual, the sentencing court may terminate the remainder of
13   the sentence for which the individual is under parole
14   supervision in accordance with this section.
15      (b)    Petition.--A petition to terminate the remainder of a
16   sentence of an individual under this section must:
17             (1)   Be filed in the sentencing court.
 1            (2)   Aver that the individual:
 2                  (i)    Is at least 40 years of age.
 3                  (ii)    Has been under parole supervision, as a result
 4            of the sentence, for at least five consecutive years.
 5      (c)   Considerations.--Upon receipt of a petition under
 6   subsection (b), the sentencing court shall determine whether to
 7   grant the petition. In making the determination, the sentencing
 8   court shall:
 9            (1)   Confirm whether the averments under subsection (b)
10      (2) are true.
11            (2)   Consider the following regarding the individual who
12      is the subject of the petition:
13                  (i)    Whether the individual will pose an undue risk
14            of danger to the community if the petition is granted.
15                  (ii)    The institutional conduct record of the
16            individual.
17                  (iii)    The conduct record of the individual while
18            under parole supervision.
19                  (iv)    The length of the original sentence of the
20            individual.
21                  (v)    Whether continuing parole supervision of the
22            individual is likely to cause undue financial or personal
23            hardship to the individual.
24                  (vi)    Whether continuing parole supervision of the
25            individual is likely to produce an inefficient use of the
26            department's resources in supervising parolees.
27                  (vii)    Whether the individual has made a good faith
28            effort to comply with any restitution orders and pay any
29            mandatory court fees.
30                  (viii)    Any other factor which the court deems

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 1            relevant to determine whether the best interests of the
 2            individual and the Commonwealth would be served by
 3            granting the petition.
 4      (d)   Service.--A petition filed under this section shall be
 5   served on the following:
 6            (1)   The individual who is the subject of the petition,
 7      unless the individual is the petitioner.
 8            (2)   The department, unless the department is the
 9      petitioner.
10            (3)   The office of the prosecuting attorney representing
11      the Commonwealth.
12            (4)   Any victim of crime entitled to notification under
13      section 201(7) or (8) of the act of November 24, 1998
14      (P.L.882, No.111), known as the Crime Victims Act.
15      (e)   Determination.--Each party specified under subsection
16   (d) shall:
17            (1)   Have an opportunity to be heard on the petition
18      prior to the determination of whether the petition should be
19      granted.
20            (2)   Receive a copy of the determination regarding the
21      petition.
22      (f)   Applicability.--This section shall apply to any parole
23   supervision or sentence imposed before, on or after the
24   effective date of this subsection.
25      (g)   Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
26   words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
27   subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
28      "Department."    The Department of Corrections of the
29   Commonwealth.
30      Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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