THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY DiGIROLAMO, BELFANTI, BRENNAN, DAY, FLECK, GOODMAN, GROVE, HARHART, HARKINS, HELM, HESS, KOTIK, MANN, MARSICO, MURPHY, MURT, O'NEILL, PASHINSKI, REICHLEY, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, STERN, SWANGER, R. TAYLOR, TRUE, WATSON, YOUNGBLOOD AND BEYER, SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2010  

AN ACT

Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, further providing for endangering

welfare of children.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 4304(b) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 4304.  Endangering welfare of children.

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(b)  Grading.--[An]

(1)  Except as provided under paragraphs (2) and (3), an 

offense under this section constitutes a misdemeanor of the

first degree. [However, where]

(2)  If there is a course of conduct of endangering the

welfare of a child, the offense constitutes a felony of the

third degree.

(3)  If an offense under this section is the result of

leaving a child under 13 years of age in a motor vehicle

without adult supervision, the offense constitutes a felony

of the third degree.

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