PRINTER'S NO. 177
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
185
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY HACKETT, DAVIDSON, COHEN, YOUNGBLOOD, BISHOP,
V. BROWN, DiGIROLAMO, MAJOR, BAKER, PASHINSKI, BARRAR,
BOBACK, O'BRIEN, KAUFFMAN, PICKETT, DAVIS, A. HARRIS,
READSHAW, KINSEY, WATSON, MULLERY, MARSICO, TALLMAN, MURT,
HARHART, FEE, GILLEN, ACOSTA, MILLARD, SAYLOR, SANTORA,
HARHAI, SCHWEYER, HAHN, DeLUCA, METCALFE, PETRI, D. COSTA,
HICKERNELL, GIBBONS AND SONNEY, JANUARY 23, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 23, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in offenses against the family,
further providing for the offense of dealing in infant
children.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4305 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 4305. Dealing in infant children.
(a) Offense defined.--A person is guilty of a [misdemeanor]
felony of the first degree if he deals in humanity, by trading,
bartering, buying, selling, or dealing in infant children.
(b) Definitions.--As used in this section, the term "infant
child" means a child one year of age and under.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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