PRINTER'S NO. 3400
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1867
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY BOBACK, T. DAVIS, DONATUCCI, ULLMAN, MURT,
YOUNGBLOOD, CIRESI, PICKETT, HELM, STRUZZI, HOWARD AND
ROEBUCK, MARCH 2, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH, MARCH 2, 2020
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in offenses against the family,
providing for the offense of unregulated transfer of custody
of a child.
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 4307. Unregulated transfer of custody of a child.
(a) General rule.--Except as provided in this section, a
person commits a misdemeanor of the second degree if the person:
(1) knowingly conducts an unregulated custody transfer
of an adopted child; or
(2) facilitates or participates in an unregulated
custody transfer by recruiting, enticing, soliciting,
harboring, transporting, providing, obtaining or maintaining
an adopted child if the person knows or recklessly disregards
the fact that the adopted child will be subject to an
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