Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 136: An Act amending Titles 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sentencing, repealing provisions relating to transfer of inmates in need of medical treatment; and, in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, providing for parole for reasons of age or illness and for medical parole due to public or disaster emergency related to health or contagious disease outbreak.

In committee Last action January 29, 2025: Referred to Judiciary

Plain-language summary

SB 136 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate on January 29, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act amending Titles 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sentencing, repealing provisions relating to transfer of inmates in need of medical treatment; and, in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, providing for parole for reasons of age or illness and for medical parole due to public or disaster emergency related to health or contagious disease outbreak. Primary sponsor: Sharif Street (Democratic). It lists 12 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 29, 2025): Referred to Judiciary.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Sharif Street (Democratic). 12 co-sponsors.