THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY TOMLINSON, WARD, ERICKSON, COSTA, TARTAGLIONE, ALLOWAY, RAFFERTY, FONTANA, LEACH AND BREWSTER, JANUARY 28, 2011

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JANUARY 28, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, in offenses against the family,

further providing for the offense of endangering welfare of

children.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 4304(b) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 4304.  Endangering welfare of children.

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(b)  Grading.--[An]

(1)  Except as provided under paragraphs (2) and (3), an 

offense under this section constitutes a misdemeanor of the

first degree. [However, where]

(2)  If there is a course of conduct of endangering the

welfare of a child, the offense constitutes a felony of the

third degree.

(3)  If an offense under this section is the result of

leaving a child under 13 years of age in a motor vehicle

without adult supervision, the offense constitutes a felony

of the third degree.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.