PRINTER'S NO. 3733
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2261
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY BURNS, BARRAR, CORBIN, D. COSTA, FARRY, GIBBONS,
KOTIK, MAHONEY, MILLARD, READSHAW, SAINATO, SAYLOR AND
PHILLIPS-HILL, JULY 13, 2016
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JULY 13, 2016
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the
offense of ethnic intimidation.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2710 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 2710. Ethnic and employment intimidation.
(a) Offense defined.--A person commits the offense of ethnic
and employment intimidation if, with malicious intention toward
the race, color, religion [or], national origin or employment as
a law enforcement officer of another individual or group of
individuals, he commits an offense under any other provision of
this article or under Chapter 33 (relating to arson, criminal
mischief and other property destruction) exclusive of section
3307 (relating to institutional vandalism) or under section 3503
(relating to criminal trespass) with respect to such individual
or his or her property or with respect to one or more members of
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