SENATE DEMOCRATIC WRAP-UP FOR THE WEEK OF
June 6, 2005

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By a unanimous vote, the Senate this week approved Senate Bill 584, which would add the offense of “disarming a law enforcement or corrections officer” to the Crimes Code.

Under the Democrat-sponsored bill, it would be a third degree felony to disarm a police officer or deprive them of their weapon. The felony offense would subject offenders to a fine of up to $15,000 and up to seven years in jail.

The bill now goes to the House.

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 The Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 332, which would simplify and speed up the process for registering foreign adoptions in Pennsylvania.

Currently, some counties do not allow for the filing of foreign adoption decrees and require that the child be “re-adopted” in that county.

Under the bill, a foreign adoption decree duly issued in another state or foreign country could be filed with the clerk of courts for the county of the adopting parents’ residence.

The bill now goes to the House.

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