PRINTER'S NO. 190
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
96
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY FARNESE, WILLIAMS, FONTANA, TEPLITZ, BREWSTER,
HUGHES, BLAKE, SCHWANK, KITCHEN, COSTA, BOSCOLA, SMITH,
TARTAGLIONE, LEACH, YUDICHAK AND PILEGGI, JANUARY 23, 2015
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JANUARY 23, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and
Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in assault, further providing for the offense of
ethnic intimidation; and making an editorial change.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The heading of section 2710 and subsections (a)
and (c) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
are amended to read:
§ 2710. [Ethnic] Unlawful intimidation.
(a) Offense defined.--A person commits the offense of
[ethnic] unlawful intimidation if, with malicious intention
toward the actual or perceived race, color, religion [or],
national origin, ancestry, mental or physical disability, sexual
orientation, gender or gender identity of another individual or
group of individuals, he commits an offense under any other
provision of this article or under Chapter 33 (relating to
arson, criminal mischief and other property destruction)
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