PRINTER'S NO. 206
No. 204 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY YEWCIC, BALDWIN, BASTIAN, BOYD, CREIGHTON,
DENLINGER, FLEAGLE, FORCIER, LEH, METCALFE, S. MILLER,
ROHRER, STERN, R. STEVENSON, WILT, HUTCHINSON AND ARMSTRONG,
FEBRUARY 2, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 2, 2005
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the offense of
3 ethnic intimidation.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 2710(a) and (c) of Title 18 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
8 § 2710. Ethnic intimidation.
9 (a) Offense defined.--A person commits the offense of ethnic
10 intimidation if, with malicious intention toward the [actual or
11 perceived] race, color, religion[,] or national origin[,
12 ancestry, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation,
13 gender or gender identity] of another individual or group of
14 individuals, he commits an offense under any other provision of
15 this article or under Chapter 33 (relating to arson, criminal
16 mischief and other property destruction) exclusive of section
17 3307 (relating to institutional vandalism) or under section 3503
1 (relating to criminal trespass) with respect to such individual
2 or his or her property or with respect to one or more members of
3 such group or to their property.
4 * * *
5 (c) Definition.--As used in this section "malicious
6 intention" means the intention to commit any act, the commission
7 of which is a necessary element of any offense referred to in
8 subsection (a) motivated by hatred toward the [actual or
9 perceived] race, color, religion or national origin[, ancestry,
10 mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, gender or
11 gender identity] of another individual or group of individuals.
12 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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