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
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sentencing, providing
for termination of long-term parole supervision.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 9778. Termination of long-term parole supervision.
(a) Termination.--If an individual is under parole
supervision subsequent to the imposition of a sentence by a
sentencing court, upon petition of the department or the
individual, the sentencing court may terminate the remainder of
the sentence for which the individual is under parole
supervision in accordance with this section.
(b) Petition.--A petition to terminate the remainder of a
sentence of an individual under this section must:
(1) Be filed in the sentencing court.
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(2) Aver that the individual:
(i) Is at least 40 years of age.
(ii) Has been under parole supervision, as a result
of the sentence, for at least five consecutive years.
(c) Considerations.--Upon receipt of a petition under
subsection (b), the sentencing court shall determine whether to
grant the petition. In making the determination, the sentencing
court shall:
(1) Confirm whether the averments under subsection (b)
(2) are true.
(2) Consider the following regarding the individual who
is the subject of the petition:
(i) Whether the individual will pose an undue risk
of danger to the community if the petition is granted.
(ii) The institutional conduct record of the
individual.
(iii) The conduct record of the individual while
under parole supervision.
(iv) The length of the original sentence of the
individual.
(v) Whether continuing parole supervision of the
individual is likely to cause undue financial or personal
hardship to the individual.
(vi) Whether continuing parole supervision of the
individual is likely to produce an inefficient use of the
department's resources in supervising parolees.
(vii) Whether the individual has made a good faith
effort to comply with any restitution orders and pay any
mandatory court fees.
(viii) Any other factor which the court deems
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relevant to determine whether the best interests of the
individual and the Commonwealth would be served by
granting the petition.
(d) Service.--A petition filed under this section shall be
served on the following:
(1) The individual who is the subject of the petition,
unless the individual is the petitioner.
(2) The department, unless the department is the
petitioner.
(3) The office of the prosecuting attorney representing
the Commonwealth.
(4) Any victim of crime entitled to notification under
section 201(7) or (8) of the act of November 24, 1998
(P.L.882, No.111), known as the Crime Victims Act.
(e) Determination.--Each party specified under subsection
(d) shall:
(1) Have an opportunity to be heard on the petition
prior to the determination of whether the petition should be
granted.
(2) Receive a copy of the determination regarding the
petition.
(f) Applicability.--This section shall apply to any parole
supervision or sentence imposed before, on or after the
effective date of this subsection.
(g) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Department." The Department of Corrections of the
Commonwealth.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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