PRINTER'S NO. 319
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
337
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY SCHWANK, K. WARD, LANGERHOLC, PHILLIPS-HILL, MUTH,
SANTARSIERO, FONTANA, BREWSTER, FARNESE, COSTA, MARTIN,
HAYWOOD, HUGHES, MENSCH, ALLOWAY, WHITE, BROWNE, YUDICHAK,
KILLION, BLAKE, TARTAGLIONE, SABATINA AND J. WARD,
FEBRUARY 26, 2019
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 26, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in sexual offenses, providing for the
offense of sexual extortion.
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. Sexual extortion.
(a) Offense defined.--A person commits the offense of sexual
extortion when the person intentionally or knowingly coerces or
causes another person to engage in sexual conduct or simulated
sexual conduct or to produce, disseminate or distribute an
image, video or other recording of another person in a state of
nudity or engaged in sexual conduct or simulated sexual conduct
by:
(1) harming or threatening to harm the person, property,
reputation or other thing of value of the other person;
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