HB 165 — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in abortion, further providing for medical consultation and judgment.

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                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 165
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY BONNER, JAMES, M. BROWN, KAUFFMAN, KUZMA, ROWE AND
        ZIMMERMAN, JANUARY 16, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, JANUARY 16, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
 2      Consolidated Statutes, in criminal history record
 3      information, providing for unified criminal justice data
 4      collection.
 5      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 6   hereby enacts as follows:
 7      Section 1.    Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 8   Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
 9   § 9107.   Unified criminal justice data collection.
10      (a)    Formation of program.--The commission, in consultation
11   with the Pennsylvania State Police, county prosecutors' offices,
12   the court and the Department of Corrections, shall establish the
13   Unified Criminal Justice Data Collection Program to collect,
14   record and analyze data regarding defendants in this
15   Commonwealth who are 18 years of age or older at the time of the
16   commission of an alleged indictable offense or an offense
17   defined under Subchapter A of Chapter 55 (relating to definition
18   of offenses generally).
19      (b)    Data compilation.--In furtherance of the program, the
 1   commission shall compile data collected from the time a
 2   defendant enters the criminal justice system of the Commonwealth
 3   by arrest, charge or other action, through the final disposition
 4   of the defendant's case. The data shall include information
 5   concerning the race, ethnicity, gender and age of the defendant
 6   and be compiled in accordance with the standards of the
 7   classification of Federal data on race and ethnicity established
 8   by the Federal Office of Management and Budget. The data shall
 9   include:
10            (1)   Warrants, arrests, charges, filing of criminal
11      complaints and indictments.
12            (2)   Dismissed or downgraded charges.
13            (3)   Cases which proceed to trial and the disposition of
14      the cases, including convictions and guilty pleas.
15            (4)   Admission to diversionary programs, including data
16      on program applications, and any prosecutorial or court
17      consent or denial for a defendant's entry into diversionary
18      programs.
19            (5)   Cases involving victims, including the race,
20      ethnicity, gender and age of the defendant and victims in
21      those cases.
22      (c)     Cooperation.--The Pennsylvania State Police, county
23   prosecutors' offices, the court, offices of public defender and
24   county and municipal police departments shall cooperate with the
25   commission in the implementation of the program and shall assist
26   in the collection, recording, compilation and provision of data
27   in furtherance of the program to the extent and in the manner
28   required by the commission.
29      (d)     Disclosure.--Nothing in this section shall be construed
30   to authorize the disclosure of any confidential or personal

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 1   identifying information.
 2      (e)     Report.--The commission shall prepare and publish an
 3   annual report summarizing the data collected, recorded and
 4   analyzed under this section and post the report on the publicly
 5   accessible Internet website of the commission. No later than
 6   August 1 of each year, the commission shall submit to the
 7   Governor's Office, the chairperson and minority chairperson of
 8   the Judiciary Committee of the Senate and the chairperson and
 9   minority chairperson of the Judiciary Committee of the House of
10   Representatives the written report under this subsection
11   containing summaries of the data collected, recorded and
12   analyzed pursuant to this section. The commission shall also
13   make recommendations as appropriate for legislative changes or
14   improvements that could be made to the criminal justice system
15   based on the commission's findings.
16      (f)     Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
17   words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
18   subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
19      "Commission."     The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and
20   Delinquency of the Commonwealth.
21      "Court."     The minor judiciary or any other court in this
22   Commonwealth.
23      "Indictable offense."     An offense other than a summary
24   offense.
25      "Personal identifying information."     The name and aliases,
26   address, Social Security number, telephone number, facsimile
27   number, driver's license number or email address or social media
28   address of any defendant or victim.
29      "Program."     The Unified Criminal Justice Data Collection
30   Program established under this section.

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1     Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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