THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY BEAR, BOYD, BRADFORD, BROWN, D. COSTA, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DENLINGER, FLECK, GABLER, GIBBONS, GRELL, GROVE, HARRIS, HICKERNELL, KAUFFMAN, MOUL, MURT, O'NEILL, PYLE, RAPP, SIPTROTH, SONNEY, STERN, SWANGER, TRUE, VULAKOVICH, WATSON, BEYER, BENNINGHOFF, GINGRICH AND GEIST, JUNE 2, 2009

AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, NOVEMBER 10, 2009   

AN ACT

Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the offense of

invasion of privacy.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 7507.1(b) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended, subsection (e) is amended by

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adding a definition and the section is amended by adding a

subsection to read:

§ 7507.1.  Invasion of privacy.

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(b)  Grading.--Invasion of privacy is a misdemeanor of the

second degree if there is more than one violation or if the

victim is a minor. Otherwise, a violation of this section is a

misdemeanor of the third degree.

(b.1)  Mistake as to age.--It is no defense to prosecution

under this section that the defendant did not know the age of

the child. Neither a misrepresentation of age by the child nor a

bona fide belief that the person is over the specified age shall

be a defense.

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(e)  Definitions.--As used in this section, the following

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words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this

subsection:

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"Minor."  An individual under 18 years of age.

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