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AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 940
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE FARRY
Printer's No. 948
Amend Bill, page 1, line 2, by inserting after "Statutes,"
in burglary and other criminal intrusion, further providing for
definitions, for the offense of burglary and for the offense
of criminal trespass; and,
Amend Bill, page 1, line 4, by striking out all of said line
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 7 and 8, by striking out all of
said lines and inserting
Section 1. Section 3501 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a definition to read:
§ 3501. Definitions.
Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent
provisions of this chapter which are applicable to specific
provisions of this chapter, the following words or phrases when
used in this chapter shall have, unless the context clearly
indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:
"Domestic animal." As defined in section 5531 (relating to
definitions).
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Section 2. Sections 3502 and 3503 of Title 18 are amended by
adding subsections to read:
§ 3502. Burglary.
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(d.1) Sentencing enhancement.--The Pennsylvania Commission
on Sentencing, in accordance with 42 Pa.C.S. § 2154 (relating to
adoption of guidelines for sentencing), shall provide for a
sentencing enhancement for courts to consider in cases involving
burglary where a domestic animal is harmed or killed in the
course of the burglary.
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§ 3503. Criminal trespass.
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(c.1) Sentencing enhancement.--The Pennsylvania Commission
on Sentencing, in accordance with 42 Pa.C.S. § 2154 (relating to
adoption of guidelines for sentencing), shall provide for a
sentencing enhancement for courts to consider in cases involving
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criminal trespass where a domestic animal is harmed or killed in
the course of the criminal trespass.
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Section 3. Section 5548 of Title 18 is amended to read:
Amend Bill, page 2, line 22, by striking out "2" and
inserting
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