PRINTER'S NO. 2651
No. 1919 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY GILLESPIE, THOMAS, BASTIAN, BOYD, BROOKS,
CREIGHTON, DePASQUALE, GINGRICH, GRELL, HARPER, HARRIS,
HENNESSEY, M. KELLER, KIRKLAND, MACKERETH, R. MILLER, MILNE,
MOUL, MURT, PALLONE, PAYNE, ROHRER, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO,
SCHRODER, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, SWANGER AND TRUE,
OCTOBER 16, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH, OCTOBER 16, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for corruption of
3 minors.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 6301(a)(1) of Title 18 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 6301. Corruption of minors.
9 (a) Offense defined.--
10 (1) [Whoever] (i) Except as provided in subparagraph
11 (ii), whoever, being of the age of 18 years and upwards,
12 by any act corrupts or tends to corrupt the morals of any
13 minor less than 18 years of age, or who aids, abets,
14 entices or encourages any such minor in the commission of
15 any crime, or who knowingly assists or encourages such
16 minor in violating his or her parole or any order of
1 court, commits a misdemeanor of the first degree.
2 (ii) Where there is a course of conduct that
3 violates this paragraph, the offense constitutes a felony
4 of the third degree.
5 * * *
6 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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