PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 181
PRINTER'S NO. 1502
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
217
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY KAUFFMAN, BAKER, STEPHENS, DRISCOLL, WATSON,
D. COSTA, READSHAW, MOUL, McNEILL, MILLARD, WARD, BIZZARRO,
GILLEN AND MURT, JANUARY 25, 2017
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
APRIL 19, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in offenses against the family,
further providing for the offense of 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 AND THE SECTION IS AMENDED BY
ADDING A SUBSECTION to read:
ยง 4304. Endangering welfare of children.
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(b) Grading.--[An offense under this section constitutes a
misdemeanor of the first degree. However, where there is a
course of conduct of endangering the welfare of a child, the
offense constitutes a felony of the third degree.]
(1) Except as provided under paragraph (2), the
following apply:
(i) An offense under this section constitutes a
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