PRINTER'S NO. 228
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
257
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY METZGAR, READSHAW, SNYDER, KAUFFMAN, BARRAR,
IRVIN, OBERLANDER, SAYLOR, DeLUCA, TOPPER, REESE, GOODMAN AND
GILLEN, JANUARY 29, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 29, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the
offense of assault by prisoner.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2703(b) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
adding a subsection to read:
§ 2703. Assault by prisoner.
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(a.1) Penalties.--A person convicted under subsection (a) or
section 2702(a) (relating to aggravated assault) where the
victim is a detention facility or correctional facility employee
shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment for not less than
five years and to pay a fine of $5,000 against the inmate's
account under 61 Pa.C.S. § 3124 (relating to inmates accounts).
(b) Consecutive sentences.--The court shall order that any
sentence imposed for a violation of subsection (a), or any
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sentence imposed for a violation of section 2702(a) [(relating
to aggravated assault)] where the victim is a detention facility
or correctional facility employee, be served consecutively with
the person's current sentence.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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