PRINTER'S NO. 4100
No. 2679 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY R. TAYLOR, BISHOP, BEAR, BOBACK, BRENNAN,
DENLINGER, FLECK, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GILLESPIE, GOODMAN,
HARKINS, HERSHEY, HORNAMAN, KORTZ, KULA, LEACH, MAHONEY,
MARSICO, MELIO, MYERS, O'NEILL, READSHAW, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH,
SWANGER, THOMAS, TRUE AND VULAKOVICH, JUNE 27, 2008
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 27, 2008
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for the offense of theft of
3 human body parts.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 3935. Theft of human body parts.
9 (a) Offense defined.--A person commits the offense of theft
10 of human body parts if the person takes or exercises control
11 over a human body part without first obtaining the written
12 consent of the authorizing agent.
13 (b) Grading.--An offense under this section constitutes a
14 felony of the second degree.
15 (c) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
16 words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
17 subsection:
1 "Authorizing agent." A person legally entitled to authorize
2 the burial or cremation of human remains.
3 "Human body part." Any portion of the human anatomy removed
4 from a person or human remains.
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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