PRINTER'S NO. 1054
No. 945 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY ARGALL, BAKER, BARD, BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF,
BROWNE, BUXTON, CASORIO, CIVERA, CLARK, L. I. COHEN,
COLAFELLA, CURRY, DEMPSEY, DERMODY, EGOLF, FAIRCHILD, FEESE,
GANNON, GORDNER, HARHAI, HENNESSEY, HESS, JADLOWIEC, KAISER,
KENNEY, LUCYK, MAHER, MANDERINO, MASLAND, McCALL, McILHINNEY,
McNAUGHTON, MELIO, MICHLOVIC, MUNDY, NAILOR, NICKOL,
PHILLIPS, RAMOS, ROBINSON, ROONEY, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO,
SANTONI, SATHER, SAYLOR, SCHRODER, SEMMEL, SERAFINI, SEYFERT,
B. SMITH, STABACK, STEELMAN, STEIL, STERN, STEVENSON,
E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TIGUE, TRELLO, TRICH, VANCE, WILLIAMS
AND WOGAN, MARCH 22, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 22, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, defining the offense of identity
3 theft.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 4120. Identity theft.
9 A person commits an offense of identity theft of another
10 person, a misdemeanor of the first degree, if he takes, assumes
11 or uses the identity, name, birth date, Social Security number
12 or identification of another person without the consent of that
13 other person and with the intent to:
14 (1) cause financial loss to the other person;
1 (2) obtain goods or services; or
2 (3) otherwise assume or use the other person's identity
3 for any unlawful purpose.
4 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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