PennsylvaniaResolution would order a study of fees crime victims pay
Pennsylvania's Legislative Budget and Finance Committee would examine costs and alternatives when police hold crime victims' vehicles or other property during investigations.
What it does
The Legislative Budget and Finance Committee would study costs and ways to reduce victims' fees when police hold their property. Its report would be due within six months of adoption.
Argument forComparing costs and practices could help lawmakers find ways to reduce victims' fees while accounting for police and local government costs.
Argument againstVictims may receive little immediate relief because the resolution calls for a study without waiving fees or requiring faster property returns.
More detail
The Legislative Budget and Finance Committee would study the costs of holding crime victims' property and report its findings to the Senate. The study would cover crime victims' vehicles and other property taken and held as part of crime investigations. The study would examine costs to police agencies, municipalities, and victims, along with alternatives to holding property. It would review municipal practices, county approaches to eliminating victims' costs, and efforts in other states. The resolution would not itself waive fees or require faster property returns. The committee would submit its findings to the Senate within six months of adoption of the resolution.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Adopted
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Oct 21AdoptedAdopted
- Vote recorded Senate Resolution 377. Result: pass.Upper
- Sep 28Reported as committedMinor
- Vote recorded Committee vote (Judiciary): Reported as Committed. Result: pass.Upper
- Sep 25Referred to JudiciaryIntroduced
- Oct 21AdoptedAdopted
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