SB 79 — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in limitation of time relating to criminal proceedings, further providing for other offenses.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-22
Latest action: — Referred to JUDICIARY, Jan. 22, 2025
Sponsors
- Michele Brooks (R, PA-50) — sponsor · 2025-01-22
- Wayne Langerholc (R, PA-35) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Tracy Pennycuick (R, PA-24) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Rosemary M. Brown (R, PA-40) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Doug Mastriano (R, PA-33) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Patrick J. Stefano (R, PA-32) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Gene Yaw (R, PA-23) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Cris Dush (R, PA-25) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
Action timeline
- · senate — Referred to JUDICIARY, Jan. 22, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0035 · 4,005 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 35
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 79
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY BROOKS, LANGERHOLC, PENNYCUICK, BROWN, MASTRIANO
AND STEFANO, JANUARY 22, 2025
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JANUARY 22, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in limitation of time
3 relating to criminal proceedings, further providing for other
4 offenses.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 5552(b)(1) of Title 42 of the
8 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
9 § 5552. Other offenses.
10 * * *
11 (b) Major offenses.--A prosecution for any of the following
12 offenses must be commenced within five years after it is
13 committed:
14 (1) Under the following provisions of Title 18 (relating
15 to crimes and offenses):
16 Section 901 (relating to criminal attempt) involving
17 attempt to commit murder where no murder occurs.
18 Section 902 (relating to criminal solicitation)
19 involving solicitation to commit murder where no murder
1 occurs.
2 Section 903 (relating to criminal conspiracy)
3 involving conspiracy to commit murder where no murder
4 occurs.
5 Section 911 (relating to corrupt organizations).
6 Section 2506 (relating to drug delivery resulting in
7 death).
8 Section 2702 (relating to aggravated assault).
9 Section 2706 (relating to terroristic threats).
10 Section 2713 (relating to neglect of care-dependent
11 person).
12 Section 2901 (relating to kidnapping).
13 Section 3301 (relating to arson and related
14 offenses).
15 Section 3502 (relating to burglary).
16 Section 3701 (relating to robbery).
17 Section 3921 (relating to theft by unlawful taking or
18 disposition) through section 3933 (relating to unlawful
19 use of computer).
20 Section 4101 (relating to forgery).
21 Section 4107 (relating to deceptive or fraudulent
22 business practices).
23 Section 4108 (relating to commercial bribery and
24 breach of duty to act disinterestedly).
25 Section 4109 (relating to rigging publicly exhibited
26 contest).
27 Section 4117 (relating to insurance fraud).
28 Section 4701 (relating to bribery in official and
29 political matters) through section 4703 (relating to
30 retaliation for past official action).
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1 Section 4902 (relating to perjury) through section
2 4912 (relating to impersonating a public servant).
3 Section 4952 (relating to intimidation of witnesses
4 or victims).
5 Section 4953 (relating to retaliation against
6 witness, victim or party).
7 Section 5101 (relating to obstructing administration
8 of law or other governmental function).
9 Section 5111 (relating to dealing in proceeds of
10 unlawful activities).
11 Section 5512 (relating to lotteries, etc.) through
12 section 5514 (relating to pool selling and bookmaking).
13 Section 5902(b) (relating to prostitution and related
14 offenses).
15 Section 6111(g)(2) and (4) (relating to sale or
16 transfer of firearms).
17 * * *
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate 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 | Michele Brooks (R, state_upper PA-50) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Cris Dush (R, state_upper PA-25) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Doug Mastriano (R, state_upper PA-33) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Gene Yaw (R, state_upper PA-23) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Patrick J. Stefano (R, state_upper PA-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Rosemary M. Brown (R, state_upper PA-40) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Tracy Pennycuick (R, state_upper PA-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Wayne Langerholc (R, state_upper PA-35) | 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
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