PRINTER'S NO. 211
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
218
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY BOYLE, MURT, FREEMAN, FRANKEL, M. DALEY, THOMAS,
SANTARSIERO, O'BRIEN, CALTAGIRONE, V. BROWN, BISHOP,
SCHLOSSBERG, KINSEY, YOUNGBLOOD, D. COSTA, DONATUCCI, COHEN,
SCHREIBER, BROWNLEE, ACOSTA, READSHAW, STURLA, O'NEILL, SIMS,
BIZZARRO, SAMUELSON, SCHWEYER, CARROLL, CONKLIN, SANTORA,
C. PARKER, ROEBUCK, GALLOWAY, DAVIS, ROSS, ROZZI, MAHONEY,
DEAN, McCARTER, J. HARRIS, DRISCOLL, TAYLOR, KIM AND BRIGGS,
JANUARY 26, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 26, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and
Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in assault, further providing for the offense of
ethnic intimidation; and making an editorial change.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2710(a) and (c) of Title 18 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, amended by the act of
December 3, 2002 (P.L.1176, No.143), declared unconstitutional,
936 A.2d 188 (Pa. Commonwealth 2007), affirmed, No.112 MAP 2007
(Pa. 2008), are amended to read:
§ 2710. [Ethnic] Unlawful intimidation.
(a) Offense defined.--A person commits the offense of
[ethnic] unlawful intimidation if, with malicious intention
toward the actual or perceived race, color, religion [or],
national origin, ancestry, mental or physical disability, sexual
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