PRINTER'S NO. 351
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
357
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY TOMLINSON, WARD, RAFFERTY, SABATINA, BREWSTER,
RESCHENTHALER, VULAKOVICH, COSTA, BOSCOLA AND BROWNE,
FEBRUARY 15, 2017
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 15, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in assault, providing for the offense
of aggravated assault by person in custody.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 2703.2. Aggravated assault by person in custody.
A person who is in the custody of the police or other law
enforcement agency commits a felony of the third degree if the
person, while in custody, intentionally or knowingly causes or
attempts to cause another to come into contact with blood,
seminal fluid, saliva, urine or feces by throwing, tossing,
spitting or expelling such fluid or material.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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