PRINTER'S NO. 1586
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1085
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY BLAKE, AUMENT, YUDICHAK, BREWSTER AND BAKER,
MARCH 11, 2020
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 11, 2020
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in obstructing governmental
operations, providing for the offense of evading arrest or
detention on foot.
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 5104.2. Evading arrest or detention on foot.
(a) Offense defined.--A person commits an offense if the
person intentionally flees on foot from a person he knows is a
public servant attempting to lawfully arrest or detain him.
(b) Grading.--An offense under this section is:
(1) A felony of the third degree where another person
suffers serious bodily injury as a direct result of a
violation of this section.
(2) A felony of the first degree if another person
suffers death as a direct result of a violation of this
section.
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(3) Except as provided under paragraph (1) or (2), a
misdemeanor of the second degree.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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