PRINTER'S NO. 419
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
413
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY MURT, BULLOCK, BAKER, BARRAR, BENNINGHOFF,
D. COSTA, COX, DONATUCCI, DRISCOLL, FRANKEL, GABLER,
GALLOWAY, J. HARRIS, HEFFLEY, HILL-EVANS, IRVIN, JAMES,
KAUFFMAN, KINSEY, McCLINTON, MILLARD, O'BRIEN, READSHAW,
SAYLOR, SCHWEYER AND WATSON, FEBRUARY 8, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 8, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in sexual offenses, providing for the
offense of female mutilation.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 3132. Female mutilation.
(a) Offense defined.--A person commits the offense of female
mutilation if:
(1) the person knowingly circumcises, excises or
infibulates the whole or any part of the genitalia of a
minor;
(2) the person is a parent of a minor and the parent
knowingly consents or permits the circumcision, excision or
infibulation of the whole or any part of the minor's
genitalia; or
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