PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 505
PRINTER'S NO. 866
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
510
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY RESCHENTHALER, FOLMER, ARGALL, BARTOLOTTA,
LANGERHOLC, VULAKOVICH, COSTA, MENSCH AND RAFFERTY,
MARCH 10, 2017
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, MAY 22, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in assault, providing for the offense
of threat against law enforcement officer or sheriff.
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 2702.2. Threat against law enforcement officer or sheriff.
(a) Offense defined.--A person who threatens the following
ANOTHER with death or serious bodily injury commits an offense
under this section IF THE PERSON KNOWS OR HAS REASON TO KNOW
THAT THE PERSON IS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING :
(1) A law enforcement officer.
(2) A sheriff or deputy sheriff.
(3) A family or household member of an individual under
paragraph (1) or (2).
(b) Grading.--
(1) A first offense under this section constitutes a
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