PRINTER'S NO. 3231
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2018
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY WHITE, BAKER, TAYLOR, READSHAW, PICKETT, MARSICO,
MILLARD, D. COSTA, GODSHALL, MENTZER, IRVIN, WATSON, VEREB,
CUTLER, O'NEILL, GREINER, EVERETT AND SCHLEGEL CULVER,
APRIL 25, 2016
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 25, 2016
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in burglary and other criminal
intrusion, further providing for burglary.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3502 heading of Title 18 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is
amended by adding subsections to read:
ยง 3502. Burglary and home invasion.
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(c.1) Mandatory minimum sentence.--
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a person
convicted of burglary constituting a home invasion shall be
sentenced to a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of no
less than five years.
(2) A person convicted of a burglary constituting a home
invasion against a victim who is 62 years of age or older
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shall be sentenced to a mandatory minimum term of
imprisonment of no less than 10 years.
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(e) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "h ome
invasion" means a burglary under subsection (a)(1) where, during
the commission of the offense, a person:
(1) commits an offense under Chapter 25 (relating to
criminal homicide) or section 2702 (relating to aggravated
assault), 2901 (relating to kidnapping), 2902 (relating to
unlawful restraint), 3121 (relating to rape), 3123 (relating
to involuntary deviate sexual intercourse), 3124.1 (relating
to sexual assault), 3125 (relating to aggravated indecent
assault) or 3126 (relating to indecent assault); or
(2) is armed with a deadly weapon or explosive.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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