A00996
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
74
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY KAUFFMAN, BISHOP, BAKER, COHEN, STEPHENS, RAPP,
WATSON, McNEILL, MAJOR, MURT, MILLARD, BIZZARRO AND D. COSTA,
JANUARY 21, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 21, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in offenses against the family,
further providing for the offense of endangering welfare of
children.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4304(b) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 4304. Endangering welfare of children.
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(b) Grading.--[An offense under this section constitutes a
misdemeanor of the first degree. However, where there is a
course of conduct of endangering the welfare of a child, the
offense constitutes a felony of the third degree.]
(1) Except as provided under paragraph (2), the
following apply:
(i) An offense under this section constitutes a
misdemeanor of the first degree.
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