PRINTER'S NO. 473
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
485
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY BOBACK, SOLOMON, JAMES, IRVIN, BERNSTINE,
LONGIETTI, MURT, MILLARD, DONATUCCI, SNYDER, PEIFER, KEEFER,
STAATS, READSHAW, BARRAR, McNEILL, PICKETT, NEILSON, HILL-
EVANS, SANCHEZ, CONKLIN, OBERLANDER, SAMUELSON, WARREN,
KORTZ, CIRESI, B. MILLER, SCHWEYER, DeLUCA, BENNINGHOFF AND
HAHN, FEBRUARY 12, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 12, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in forgery and fraudulent practices,
providing for the offense of false caller identification
information display; and imposing penalties.
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 4122. False caller identification information display.
(a) Offense defined.--A person may not, with the intent to
defraud, harass or cause harm, make a call or engage in conduct
that results in the display of false caller identification
information on the called party's telephone.
(b) Grading.--In addition to any other penalty imposed under
this title or other statute, a person who violates this section:
(1) For a first offense, commits a misdemeanor of the
third degree.
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