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HB835 • 2025

An Act amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, providing for early parole for educational and vocational certification.

An Act amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, providing for early parole for educational and vocational certification.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
McNEILL
Last action
2025-03-10
Official status
Referred to JUDICIARY, March 10, 2025
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, providing for early parole for educational and vocational certification.

An Act amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, providing for early parole for educational and vocational certification.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, providing for early parole for educational and vocational certification.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-03-10 JUDICIARY

    Referred to JUDICIARY, March 10, 2025

Official Summary Text

An Act amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, providing for early parole for educational and vocational certification.

Current Bill Text

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PRINTER'S NO. 865
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 835
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY McNEILL, FREEMAN, WAXMAN, MADDEN, GIRAL AND
SANCHEZ, MARCH 10, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 10, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and
Parole, providing for early parole for educational and
vocational certification.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 61 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 6144. Early parole for educational and vocational
certification.
(a) Eligibility.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the
board shall reduce by 90 days the period of supervision for an
offender on parole if the offender:
(1) is in compliance with the terms of release; and
(2) during the period of supervision, receives a high
school diploma, associate's degree, bachelor's degree, career
certificate, vocational certificate, technical certification
or high school equivalency diploma.
(b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to an
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offender on parole who was convicted of a crime of violence as
defined in 42 Pa.C.S. § 9714(g) (relating to sentences for
second and subsequent offenses).
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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