H1051B1214A00769 AJB:EJH 04/15/19 #90 A00769
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1051
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE PETRARCA
Printer's No. 1214
Amend Bill, page 1, line 6, by inserting after "6319(b)"
, (c)
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 8 through 18; page 2, lines 1
through 6; by striking out all of said lines on said pages and
inserting
ยง 6319. Penalties.
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(b) Continuing course of action.--If a person's willful
failure under [subsection (a)] this section to report an
individual suspected of child abuse continues while the person
knows or has reasonable cause to [believe the] suspect a child
is [actively] being subjected to child abuse by the same
individual, or while the person knows or has reasonable cause to
suspect that the same individual continues to have direct
contact with children through the individual's employment,
program, activity or service, the person commits a [misdemeanor
of the first degree] felony of the third degree, except that if
the child abuse constitutes a felony of the first degree or
higher, the person commits a felony of the [third] second
degree.
(c) Multiple offenses.--A person who [commits a second or
subsequent offense under subsection (a)], at the time of
sentencing for an offense under this section, has been convicted
of a prior offense under this section commits a felony of the
third degree, except that if the child abuse constitutes a
felony of the first degree or higher, the penalty for the second
or subsequent offenses is a felony of the second degree.
(d) Statute of limitations.--The statute of limitations for
an offense under [subsection (a)] this section shall be either
the statute of limitations for the crime committed against the
minor child or five years, whichever is greater.
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