PRINTER'S NO. 3687
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2237
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY FARRY, BAKER, SAINATO, PHILLIPS-HILL, MILLARD,
WHEELAND, TOEPEL, O'NEILL, HARHAI, BIZZARRO, VEREB, GIBBONS,
MAJOR, D. COSTA, GOODMAN AND McNEILL, JUNE 30, 2016
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 30, 2016
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in burglary and other criminal
intrusion, further providing for the offense of burglary and
for the offense of criminal trespass.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 3502 and 3503 of Title 18 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended by adding
subsections to read:
§ 3502. Burglary.
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(e) Sentencing enhancement.--The Pennsylvania Commission on
Sentencing, in accordance with 42 Pa.C.S. § 2154 (relating to
adoption of guidelines for sentencing), shall provide for a
sentencing enhancement for courts to consider in cases involving
burglary where a domestic animal is harmed or killed in the
course of the burglary.
§ 3503. Criminal trespass.
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(c.1) Sentencing enhancement.--The Pennsylvania Commission
on Sentencing, in accordance with 42 Pa.C.S. § 2154 (relating to
adoption of guidelines for sentencing), shall provide for a
sentencing enhancement for courts to consider in cases involving
criminal trespass where a domestic animal is harmed or killed in
the course of the criminal trespass.
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Section 2. This amendatory act shall be known and may be
cited as Cash's Law.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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