THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY PEIFER, FLECK, MAJOR, BAKER, BARRAR, BEAR, BELFANTI, BEYER, BOYD, CARROLL, CASORIO, CREIGHTON, FAIRCHILD, GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GOODMAN, GRELL, GROVE, HALUSKA, HESS, HUTCHINSON, KILLION, KOTIK, MANN, MARSHALL, MARSICO, MICCARELLI, MILLER, MILNE, MOUL, MURT, O'NEILL, PAYNE, PICKETT, RAPP, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROAE, ROCK, ROSS, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, STABACK, STERN, STEVENSON, SWANGER, TRUE, TURZAI, VULAKOVICH AND WANSACZ, FEBRUARY 4, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 4, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the offense of

aggravated assault.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 2702(c)(2) of Title 18 of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 2702.  Aggravated assault.

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(c)  Officers, employees, etc., enumerated.--The officers,

agents, employees and other persons referred to in subsection

(a) shall be as follows:

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(2)  Firefighter, including volunteer firefighters and

special fire police.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.