PRINTER'S NO. 392
No. 353 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY WAUGH, PICCOLA, RAFFERTY, COSTA, O'PAKE, ORIE AND
WOZNIAK, MARCH 12, 2007
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 12, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the offense of
3 involuntary manslaughter.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 2504(b) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 2504. Involuntary manslaughter.
9 * * *
10 (b) Grading.--[Involuntary]
11 (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection,
12 involuntary manslaughter is a misdemeanor of the first
13 degree.
14 (2) Where the victim is under 12 years of age and is in
15 the care, custody or control of the person who caused the
16 death, involuntary manslaughter is a felony of the second
17 degree.
18 (3) Where the victim is in need of medical care and the
1 person caused the death by denying the victim medical care
2 through act or omission, involuntary manslaughter is a felony
3 of the second degree.
4 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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