PRINTER'S NO. 406
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
410
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY RAFFERTY, BAKER, LANGERHOLC, YAW, BARTOLOTTA,
BREWSTER, SABATINA, McGARRIGLE, SCAVELLO, VULAKOVICH,
YUDICHAK, STREET, ALLOWAY, BLAKE, FOLMER, RESCHENTHALER,
WHITE, WARD, TOMLINSON, STEFANO AND BROWNE, FEBRUARY 27, 2017
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 27, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in assault, providing for the offense
of hate crimes against law enforcement officers and first
responders.
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:
§ 2710.1. Hate crimes against law enforcement officers and
first responders.
(a) Offense defined.--A person commits the offense of a hate
crime against a law enforcement officer or a first responder if,
with malicious intent because of the actual or perceived
employment as a law enforcement officer or first responder, the
person commits an offense under any of the following with
respect to the individual, the individual's property, one or
more members of the group or the group's property:
(1) Any other provision of this article.
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