THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY STERN, FLECK, REICHLEY, GOODMAN, STEVENSON, SCAVELLO, VULAKOVICH, SIPTROTH, MILLARD, CLYMER, WATSON, J. EVANS, READSHAW, MANN, BAKER, FAIRCHILD, PAYNE, CAUSER, KILLION, PICKETT, HARRIS, HESS, GIBBONS, GROVE, PHILLIPS, PALLONE, BELFANTI, CUTLER, MUSTIO, BOBACK, HARKINS, MICOZZIE, HICKERNELL, GINGRICH, GRUCELA, HENNESSEY, GEIST, KAUFFMAN, K. SMITH, MOUL, RAPP, SWANGER, MURT, ROCK AND YOUNGBLOOD, MARCH 26, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, MARCH 26, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, defining the offense of harassment of

soldier or veteran.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

is amended by adding a section to read:

§ 2703.2.  Aggravated harassment of soldier or veteran.

A person commits a felony of the third degree if he, knowing

or believing a person to be a soldier or veteran, intentionally

or knowingly causes or attempts to cause the person to come into

contact with blood, seminal fluid, saliva, urine or feces by

throwing, tossing, spitting or expelling such fluid or material.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.