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        PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 60, 979                  PRINTER'S NO. 1006

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 35 Session of 2007


        INTRODUCED BY MANN, BENNINGHOFF, BEYER, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI,
           CIVERA, GEIST, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HERSHEY, HESS,
           M. KELLER, KILLION, KING, MARKOSEK, MURT, M. O'BRIEN,
           O'NEILL, PARKER, PHILLIPS, PYLE, RAPP, ROAE, SCHRODER,
           SIPTROTH, SONNEY, STERN, SWANGER, TANGRETTI, WATSON,
           WOJNAROSKI, BARRAR, PETRARCA, QUINN, HORNAMAN, WALKO AND
           GALLOWAY, JANUARY 30, 2007

        AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
           MARCH 21, 2007

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
     2     Consolidated Statutes, further providing for sexual abuse of
     3     children.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Section 6312(d) heading and (1) and (f) of Title
     7  18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to
     8  read:
     9  § 6312.  Sexual abuse of children.
    10     * * *
    11     (d)  [Possession of child] Child pornography.--
    12         (1)  Any person who knowingly views, INTENTIONALLY VIEWS   <--
    13     OR KNOWINGLY possesses or controls any book, magazine,
    14     pamphlet, slide, photograph, film, videotape, computer
    15     depiction or other material depicting a child under the age


     1     of 18 years engaging in a prohibited sexual act or in the
     2     simulation of such act commits an offense.
     3         * * *
     4     (f)  Exceptions.--This section does not apply to any material
     5  that is viewed, possessed, controlled, brought or caused to be
     6  brought into this Commonwealth, or presented for a bona fide
     7  educational, scientific, governmental or judicial purpose.
     8     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.















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