PRINTER'S NO. 1813
No. 1466 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY WATSON, J. TAYLOR, O'NEILL, MURT, ADOLPH, ARGALL,
BAKER, BENNINGHOFF, BOYD, CARROLL, CASORIO, CONKLIN,
DENLINGER, EVERETT, FLECK, GEIST, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, HARHART,
HERSHEY, HESS, M. KELLER, KILLION, KIRKLAND, KORTZ, MANN,
R. MILLER, MOYER, NAILOR, PEIFER, PHILLIPS, READSHAW,
SCHRODER, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, THOMAS AND VULAKOVICH,
JUNE 5, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 5, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the offense of
3 aggravated harassment by prisoner.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 2703.1 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 2703.1. Aggravated harassment by prisoner or person in
9 custody.
10 A person who is confined in or committed to any local or
11 county detention facility, jail or prison or any State penal or
12 correctional institution or other State penal or correctional
13 facility located in this Commonwealth or otherwise in the
14 custody of the police or other law enforcement agency commits a
15 felony of the third degree if he, while so confined or committed
16 or while undergoing transportation to or from such an
1 institution or facility in or to which he was confined or
2 committed or otherwise while in custody, intentionally or
3 knowingly causes or attempts to cause another to come into
4 contact with blood, seminal fluid, saliva, urine or feces by
5 throwing, tossing, spitting or expelling such fluid or material.
6 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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