House Sponsors: DURKIN-DART-O'BRIEN-TURNER,JOHN-BROSNAHAN AND HOLBROOK. Senate Sponsors: DELEO-CULLERTON Short description: CRIM PRO-PRIOR VIOLENT ACTS Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that in prosecutions for offenses involving the use of force by a defendant when the defendant asserts that he or she was legally justified in the use of force, evidence of the victim's prior violent acts is not admissible on the issue of the defendant's state of mind or the defendant's perception of and reaction to the victim's behavior, unless the prior violent acts were actually known to the defendant at the time he or she committed the act being prosecuted. Effective immediately. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: 99-01-12 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status