PRINTER'S NO. 490
No. 443 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY ORIE, PUNT, REGOLA, COSTA, FONTANA, LOGAN,
RAFFERTY, BOSCOLA, WASHINGTON AND MUSTO, MARCH 14, 2007
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 14, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, increasing penalties for certain
3 crimes committed in the presence of children.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Sections 2701(b) and 2702(b) of Title 18 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
8 § 2701. Simple assault.
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10 (b) Grading.--Simple assault is a misdemeanor of the second
11 degree unless committed:
12 (1) in a fight or scuffle entered into by mutual
13 consent, in which case it is a misdemeanor of the third
14 degree; [or]
15 (2) against a child under 12 years of age by an adult 21
16 years of age or older, in which case it is a misdemeanor of
17 the first degree[.]; or
18 (3) in the presence of a child under 16 years of age, in
1 which case it is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
2 § 2702. Aggravated assault.
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4 (b) Grading.--Aggravated assault under subsection (a)(1) and
5 (2) is a felony of the first degree. Aggravated assault under
6 subsection (a)(3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) is a felony of the
7 second degree. Any offense under subsection (a) committed in the
8 presence of a minor under 16 years of age is a felony of the
9 first degree.
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11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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