PRINTER'S NO. 278
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
279
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY SCHWEYER, BOYLE, YOUNGBLOOD, SCHLOSSBERG, FREEMAN,
McNEILL, MURT, MUSTIO, BOBACK, MACKENZIE, ACOSTA, KORTZ,
ROZZI, BISHOP, THOMAS, C. PARKER, KINSEY, D. COSTA, HARKINS,
COHEN, GIBBONS, MARSHALL, SAMUELSON, FABRIZIO AND McCARTER,
FEBRUARY 2, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 2, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for
aggravated assault.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2702(a)(2), (b), (c) and (d) of Title 18
of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
ยง 2702. Aggravated assault.
(a) Offense defined.--A person is guilty of aggravated
assault if he:
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(2) attempts to cause or intentionally, knowingly or
recklessly causes serious bodily injury to any of the
officers, agents, employees or other persons enumerated in
subsection (c) [or to an employee of an agency, company or
other entity engaged in public transportation,] while in the
performance of duty;
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