PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 223
PRINTER'S NO. 310
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
229
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY MARSICO, BAKER, BISHOP, GREINER, SANTARSIERO,
STEPHENS, SCHLOSSBERG, REGAN, HARHART, A. HARRIS, D. COSTA,
MILLARD, SAYLOR, O'NEILL, WATSON, SCHWEYER, MURT, DeLUCA,
VEREB, M. K. KELLER, PICKETT, CALTAGIRONE, ROZZI, HELM,
PETRI, DUNBAR, KORTZ, NESBIT, HARKINS, HICKERNELL, EVERETT,
GRELL, DAVIS, BIZZARRO AND JOZWIAK, JANUARY 27, 2015
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, FEBRUARY 3, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the
offense of harassment.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2709(c)(2) of Title 18 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended, subsection (b.1)
is amended by adding a paragraph, subsection (f) is amended by
adding definitions and the section is amended by adding a
subsection to read:
ยง 2709. Harassment.
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(a.1) Cyber harassment of a child.--
(1) A person commits the crime of cyber harassment of a
child if, with intent to harass, annoy or alarm, the person
engages in a continuing course of conduct by repeatedly
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