PRINTER'S NO. 247
No. 250 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY ORIE, FLICK, GEIST, READSHAW, MARSICO, TRUE,
McNAUGHTON, GEORGE, E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS, WOJNAROSKI,
HERSHEY, PRESTON, WILT, BAKER, TIGUE, YOUNGBLOOD, CORRIGAN,
STABACK, DeLUCA, DALLY, SANTONI, TRELLO, MELIO, C. WILLIAMS,
ROSS, SEYFERT, SAINATO, BELARDI, HARHAI, HARHART, SCRIMENTI
AND CIVERA, FEBRUARY 2, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 2, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for rape.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 3121(b) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
6 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
7 § 3121. Rape.
8 * * *
9 (b) Additional penalties.--In addition to the penalty
10 provided for by subsection (a), a person may be sentenced to an
11 additional term not to exceed ten years' confinement and an
12 additional amount not to exceed $100,000 [where] if any of the
13 following apply:
14 (1) The person engages in sexual intercourse with a
15 complainant and has substantially impaired the complainant's
16 power to appraise or control his or her conduct by administering
1 or employing, without the knowledge of the complainant, any
2 substance for the purpose of preventing resistance through the
3 inducement of euphoria, memory loss and any other effect of this
4 substance.
5 (2) The complainant:
6 (i) is under 16 years of age; and
7 (ii) becomes pregnant as a result of the sexual
8 intercourse.
9 Section 2. The provisions of 18 Pa.C.S. § 3121(b)(2) shall
10 apply to prosecutions commenced on or after the effective date
11 of this act.
12 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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