PRINTER'S NO. 4290
No. 3112 Session of 1994
INTRODUCED BY ZUG AND KREBS, OCTOBER 4, 1994
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 4, 1994
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further prohibiting prostitution.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 5902(c) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
6 Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
7 adding a subsection to read:
8 § 5902. Prostitution and related offenses.
9 * * *
10 (a.1) Grading of offenses under subsection (a).--An offense
11 under subsection (a) constitutes a felony of the third degree if
12 the person who committed the offense knowingly was human
13 immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive or infected with the
14 acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) virus.
15 * * *
16 (c) Grading of offenses under subsection (b).--
17 (1) An offense under subsection (b) constitutes a felony
1 of the third degree if:
2 (i) the offense falls within paragraphs (b)(1),
3 (b)(2) or (b)(3);
4 (ii) the actor compels another to engage in or
5 promote prostitution;
6 (iii) the actor promotes prostitution of a child
7 under the age of 16 years, whether or not he is aware of
8 the age of the child; [or]
9 (iv) the actor promotes prostitution of his spouse,
10 child, ward or any person for whose care, protection or
11 support he is responsible[.]; or
12 (v) the offense falls within subsection (a.1) and
13 the person who is soliciting knowingly was HIV positive
14 or infected with the AIDS virus.
15 (2) Otherwise the offense is a misdemeanor of the second
16 degree.
17 * * *
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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