PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3655
PRINTER'S NO. 4132
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2476
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY REED, BARRAR, ROTHMAN, RYAN, M. K. KELLER,
READSHAW, TOPPER, THOMAS, METCALFE, HAGGERTY, SNYDER,
ENGLISH, MARSHALL, COX, STAATS, BURNS, GROVE, MILLARD,
SAYLOR, OBERLANDER, HILL-EVANS, WARD, DeLUCA, SANKEY,
A. HARRIS, GOODMAN, LAWRENCE, WATSON, GILLEN, DOWLING,
WARNER, M. QUINN, JOZWIAK, HANNA, KORTZ, PHILLIPS-HILL, ROAE
AND DUSH, JUNE 8, 2018
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
OCTOBER 1, 2018
AN ACT
Amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 61 (Prisons and
Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in
obstructing governmental operations, further providing for
weapons or implements for escape; and, in miscellaneous
provisions, further providing for contraband prohibited.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5122(a) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 5122. Weapons or implements for escape.
(a) Offenses defined.--
(1) [A] Except as provided under 61 Pa.C.S. ยง 5902(e.1)
(relating to contraband prohibited), a person commits a
misdemeanor of the first degree if he unlawfully introduces
within a detention facility, correctional institution or
mental hospital, or unlawfully provides an inmate thereof
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