PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 967 PRINTER'S NO. 2630
No. 832 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY MAITLAND, CRAHALLA, FEESE, BENNINGHOFF, CAPPELLI,
DeLUCA, GABIG, GORDNER, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HARPER, HERMAN,
HORSEY, HUTCHINSON, JAMES, LaGROTTA, LESCOVITZ, McILHATTAN,
R. MILLER, S. MILLER, PETRARCA, READSHAW, ROBERTS, ROHRER,
SAINATO, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, B. SMITH, STERN, E. Z. TAYLOR,
J. TAYLOR, TIGUE, TURZAI, WALKO AND YEWCIC, MARCH 11, 2003
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, SEPTEMBER 23, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for tattooing; and
3 prohibiting certain body piercing.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 6311 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 6311. Tattooing and body piercing.
9 (a) Tattooing.--A person [is guilty of a misdemeanor of the
10 third degree] commits an offense if he tattoos any person under
11 the age of 18 years without the expressed [consent of the] <--
12 parent or guardian of such person[.] GIVING CONSENT FOR THE <--
13 TATTOOING OF THE PERSON AND BEING PRESENT AT THE TIME OF THE
14 TATTOOING OF THE PERSON.
15 (b) Body piercing.--A person commits an offense if he
16 punctures a part of the body of any person under the age of 18
1 years with the intent to create a permanent hole for cosmetic
2 purposes without the expressed consent of the parent or guardian <--
3 of such person GIVING CONSENT FOR THE PIERCING OF THE PERSON AND <--
4 BEING PRESENT AT THE TIME OF THE PIERCING OF THE PERSON.
5 (c) Grading.--A person who commits an offense under this
6 section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree for
7 the first offense. A person who commits a second or subsequent
8 offense under this section within one year of the preceding
9 offense commits a misdemeanor of the second degree.
10 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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