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PRINTER'S NO. 520
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
539
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY TOMLINSON, ARGALL, WARD, FONTANA, BREWSTER,
TEPLITZ, BOSCOLA, TARTAGLIONE, VULAKOVICH, ALLOWAY AND
RAFFERTY, FEBRUARY 25, 2015
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 25, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in assault, providing for the offense
of aggravated assault by person in custody.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 2703.2. Aggravated assault by person in custody.
A person who is in the custody of the police or other law
enforcement agency commits a felony of the third degree if he,
while in custody, intentionally or knowingly causes or attempts
to cause another to come into contact with blood, seminal fluid,
saliva, urine or feces by throwing, tossing, spitting or
expelling such fluid or material.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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