PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1337
PRINTER'S NO. 1390
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
961
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY RAFFERTY, DINNIMAN, MARTIN, SABATINA, TARTAGLIONE,
SCAVELLO, AUMENT AND WARD, NOVEMBER 15, 2017
SENATOR RAFFERTY, TRANSPORTATION, AS AMENDED, DECEMBER 13, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in miscellaneous provisions relating to operation
of vehicles, further providing for homicide by vehicle while
driving under influence.
AMENDING TITLES 18 (CRIMES AND OFFENSES) AND 75 (VEHICLES) OF
THE PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES, IN CULPABILITY,
FURTHER PROVIDING FOR CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CONDUCT AND
RESULT; IN CRIMINAL HOMICIDE, FURTHER PROVIDING FOR THE
OFFENSE OF MURDER; IN MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS, FURTHER
PROVIDING FOR THE OFFENSES OF HOMICIDE BY VEHICLE, AGGRAVATED
ASSAULT BY VEHICLE, HOMICIDE BY VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING UNDER
INFLUENCE AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT BY VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING
UNDER THE INFLUENCE; AND, IN DRIVING AFTER IMBIBING ALCOHOL
OR UTILIZING DRUGS, FURTHER PROVIDING FOR GRADING.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3735(a) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 3735. Homicide by vehicle while driving under influence.
(a) Offense defined.--[Any person who unintentionally causes
the death of another person as the result of a violation of
section 3802 (relating to driving under influence of alcohol or
controlled substance) and who is convicted of violating section
3802 is guilty of a felony of the second degree when the
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