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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY MANN, BISHOP, BOBACK, B. BOYLE, K. BOYLE, BRENNAN, V. BROWN, COHEN, DALEY, DAVIS, DAVIDSON, FABRIZIO, FARRY, GEIST, GIBBONS, GOODMAN, HARPER, HORNAMAN, KILLION, KORTZ, KOTIK, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MILNE, MURT, PETRARCA, PRESTON, READSHAW, SAINATO, SIMMONS, K. SMITH, STEPHENS, STURLA, SWANGER, TAYLOR, THOMAS, VULAKOVICH, WAGNER, WATSON AND YOUNGBLOOD, OCTOBER 12, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 12, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania |
2 | Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for |
3 | aggravated assault. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Section 2702(a)(2), (b) and (c) of Title 18 of |
7 | the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read: |
8 | § 2702. Aggravated assault. |
9 | (a) Offense defined.--A person is guilty of aggravated |
10 | assault if he: |
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12 | (2) attempts to cause or intentionally, knowingly or |
13 | recklessly causes serious bodily injury to any of the |
14 | officers, agents, employees or other persons enumerated in |
15 | subsection (c) [or to an employee of an agency, company or |
16 | other entity engaged in public transportation], while in the |
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1 | performance of duty; |
2 | * * * |
3 | (b) Grading.--Aggravated assault under subsection (a)(1) |
4 | [and] or (2) is a felony of the first degree. Aggravated assault |
5 | under subsection (a)(3), (4), (5), (6) [and] or (7) is a felony |
6 | of the second degree. |
7 | (c) Officers, employees, etc., enumerated.--The officers, |
8 | agents, employees and other persons referred to in subsection |
9 | (a) shall be as follows: |
10 | (1) Police officer. |
11 | (2) Firefighter. |
12 | (3) County adult probation or parole officer. |
13 | (4) County juvenile probation or parole officer. |
14 | (5) An agent of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and |
15 | Parole. |
16 | (6) Sheriff. |
17 | (7) Deputy sheriff. |
18 | (8) Liquor control enforcement agent. |
19 | (9) Officer or employee of a correctional institution, |
20 | county jail or prison, juvenile detention center or any other |
21 | facility to which the person has been ordered by the court |
22 | pursuant to a petition alleging delinquency under 42 Pa.C.S. |
23 | Ch. 63 (relating to juvenile matters). |
24 | (10) Judge of any court in the unified judicial system. |
25 | (11) The Attorney General. |
26 | (12) A deputy attorney general. |
27 | (13) A district attorney. |
28 | (14) An assistant district attorney. |
29 | (15) A public defender. |
30 | (16) An assistant public defender. |
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1 | (17) A Federal law enforcement official. |
2 | (18) A State law enforcement official. |
3 | (19) A local law enforcement official. |
4 | (20) Any person employed to assist or who assists any |
5 | Federal, State or local law enforcement official. |
6 | (21) Emergency medical services personnel. |
7 | (22) Parking enforcement officer. |
8 | (23) A magisterial district judge. |
9 | (24) A constable. |
10 | (25) A deputy constable. |
11 | (26) A psychiatric aide. |
12 | (27) A teaching staff member, a school board member or |
13 | other employee, including a student employee, of any |
14 | elementary or secondary publicly funded educational |
15 | institution, any elementary or secondary private school |
16 | licensed by the Department of Education or any elementary or |
17 | secondary parochial school while acting in the scope of his |
18 | or her employment or because of his or her employment |
19 | relationship to the school. |
20 | (28) Governor. |
21 | (29) Lieutenant Governor. |
22 | (30) Auditor General. |
23 | (31) State Treasurer. |
24 | (32) Member of the General Assembly. |
25 | (33) An employee of the Department of Environmental |
26 | Protection. |
27 | (34) An individual engaged in the private detective |
28 | business as defined in section 2(a) and (b) of the act of |
29 | August 21, 1953 (P.L.1273, No.361), known as The Private |
30 | Detective Act of 1953. |
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1 | (35) An employee or agent of a county children and youth |
2 | social service agency or of the legal representative of such |
3 | agency. |
4 | (36) A public utility employee or an employee of an |
5 | electric cooperative. |
6 | (37) An employee of an agency, company or other entity |
7 | engaged in public transportation. |
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9 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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