Senate Judiciary Committee
Tuesday, June 4, 2024 | 11:30 a.m.
Room 8E-B, East Wing
Agenda
- Senate Bill 186, P.N. 169 (J. Ward) – Amends Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) to implement the recommendation from the Child Pornography Task Force to change statutory phrase “child pornography” to “child sexual abuse material.”
- Amendment No. 4641 (Baker) – Technical amendment to include additional references to “child pornography” contained in Title 61.
- Senate Bill 187, P.N. 273 (J. Ward) – Amends the Child Internet Protection Act to implement the recommendation from the Child Pornography Task Force to change statutory phrase “child pornography” to “child sexual abuse material.”
- Senate Bill 1213, P.N. 1644 (Pennycuick) – Amends Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses), sections 3131, 6312, and 6321 to include images generated through artificial intelligence among prohibited images.
- Amendment No. 4678 (Pennycuick) – Eliminates duplicative language from § 3131 and changes grading of that offense to align with current statute; Adopts the federal definition of “artificial intelligence”; incorporates Child Pornography Task Force recommendation to change terminology.
- Senate Bill 1231, P.N. 1666 (Baker) – Amends Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) to update the definitions and rules relating to trusts and directed trusts, based on a recommendation from 2021 Report by Joint State Government Commission Advisory Committee on Decedents’ Estates Law.
- Senate Bill 1236 P.N. 1669 (Laughlin) – Amends the Landlord Tenant Act to codify the common law definition of “tenant,” and clarify that individuals possessing real property without the owner’s consent are not entitled to the rights and procedures established in the act.
- Senate Resolution 196, P.N. 1217 (Coleman) – Directs Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing to conduct a study on the correlation of veterans who have experienced post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), post-traumatic stress injury (PTSI), military sexual trauma and traumatic brain injury and who have also been involved in the criminal justice system.
- Amendment No. 3866 (Langerholc) – Expands scope of study regarding health care treatment options available to incarcerated veterans to include those enrolled in Veterans Treatment Courts; and extends the timeframe for study from six to fifteen months.