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                                                       PRINTER'S NO. 378

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

No. 365 Session of 2001


        INTRODUCED BY GERLACH, TARTAGLIONE, WOZNIAK, WENGER, COSTA,
           STOUT, WAUGH, TOMLINSON, M. WHITE, CORMAN, BOSCOLA, TILGHMAN,
           MELLOW, GREENLEAF, LOGAN, RHOADES AND KASUNIC,
           FEBRUARY 7, 2001

        REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 7, 2001

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
     2     Consolidated Statutes, providing for the offense of forcing a
     3     person into a motor vehicle.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     7  Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
     8  § 2911.  Forcing a person into a motor vehicle.
     9     A person who forces a person into a motor vehicle without the
    10  consent, express or implied, of the person, unless the
    11  circumstances reasonably indicate that the person is in need of
    12  assistance, commits a misdemeanor of the first degree.
    13     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.



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