WHEREAS, A cohesive and rational Crimes Code, Judicial Code
and Sentencing Code would be advantageous for the residents of
this Commonwealth and every constituency working within the
criminal justice process as it would serve to reduce confusion
and provide a consistent approach to crime and punishment and
any attendant penalties contained in statutes that include
offenses for which a term of imprisonment and other collateral
consequences are possible outcomes; and
WHEREAS, Eliminating or updating out-of-date, antiquated,
offensive or unenforceable language from all provisions of
Pennsylvania's Crimes Code, Judicial Code and Sentencing Code,
as well as any consolidated or unconsolidated statutes that
could result in imprisonment and other collateral consequences,
would finally modernize the language of our codes, thereby
ensuring that the State laws reflect the views of the residents
in this Commonwealth consistently and unequivocally; and
WHEREAS, The General Assembly should be knowledgeable about
the state and nature of the Crimes Code and aware of any
oversights, deficiencies and redundancies within the Code that
would best be resolved; therefore be it
RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
direct the Joint State Government Commission to establish a
bipartisan task force to study any consolidated or
unconsolidated State statutes in the Pennsylvania Crimes Code,
Judicial Code, Sentencing Code or elsewhere under which a term
of imprisonment and other collateral consequences may be imposed
in order to identify redundant, overlapping and inconsistent
offenses, improper grading and gaps in criminal liability, out-
of-date, antiquated, offensive or unenforceable language and to
make recommendations to the General Assembly; and be it further
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