PRINTER'S NO. 223
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
270
Session of
2011
INTRODUCED BY MICCARELLI, BARRAR, BOYD, BRENNAN, BUXTON, CHRISTIANA, FARRY, FLECK, GEIST, GINGRICH, HARHAI, HICKERNELL, MILLARD, OBERLANDER, PETRARCA, PYLE, RAPP, ROAE, SANTARSIERO, SCAVELLO, TALLMAN, VULAKOVICH AND WATSON, JANUARY 27, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 27, 2011
AN ACT
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Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
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Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the offense of
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sexual abuse of children.
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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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hereby enacts as follows:
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Section 1. Section 6312 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
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Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
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§ 6312. Sexual abuse of children.
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(d.1) Multiple offenses.--A person who at the time of
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sentencing has been convicted of another offense under this
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section shall be sentenced to the penalties associated with
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second or subsequent violations of this section. For purposes of
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this subsection, a person shall be deemed to have been convicted
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of another offense under this section whether or not judgment of
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sentence has been imposed for that violation.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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