PRINTER'S NO. 2634
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2271
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY TOMLINSON, RYAN, THOMAS, PICKETT, MILLARD,
BERNSTINE, C. WILLIAMS, GUENST, HELM, ROZZI, BOBACK, JAMES,
CIRESI, MOUL, TOPPER, STAATS, SCHLEGEL CULVER, FARRY, ROSSI,
STRUZZI AND GILLEN, JANUARY 21, 2022
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 21, 2022
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in sexual offenses, further providing
for the offense of sexual extortion.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3133(e) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 3133. Sexual extortion.
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(e) Sentencing.--The Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing,
in accordance with 42 Pa.C.S. § 2154 (relating to adoption of
guidelines for sentencing), shall provide for a sentence
enhancement within its guidelines for an offense under this
section when:
(1) at the time of the offense the complainant is under
18 years of age or has an intellectual disability or the
actor holds a position of trust or supervisory or
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disciplinary power over the complainant by virtue of the
actor's legal, professional or occupational status[.]; or
(2) t he complainant attempts suicide resulting in
serious bodily injury or dies by suicide, within 90 days of
the commission of the offense, as a proximate result of the
trauma that the complainant experienced during or following
the commission of the offense.
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Section 2. The addition of 18 Pa.C.S. § 3133(e)(2) shall
apply to offenses committed on or after the effective date of
this section.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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