PRINTER'S NO. 102
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
119
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY HUGHES, SCHWANK, BREWSTER, FARNESE, FONTANA,
COSTA, BOSCOLA, HAYWOOD AND RAFFERTY, JANUARY 20, 2017
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JANUARY 20, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and
Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in falsification and intimidation, further
providing for false alarms to agencies of public safety; and,
in sentencing, providing for sentencing for offenses
involving false alarms to agencies of public safety.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4905 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 4905. False alarms to agencies of public safety.
(a) Offense defined.--A person commits an offense if he
[knowingly causes a false alarm of fire or other emergency to be
transmitted to or within any organization, official or
volunteer, for dealing with emergencies involving danger to life
or property.] knowingly and intentionally makes or causes to be
made a false report of a crime or medical or other emergency to
a police officer, State or local law enforcement agency,
firefighter, fire company, emergency medical services agency,
emergency medical services provider, 911 system operator or a
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