PRINTER'S NO. 246
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
96
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY FARNESE, A. WILLIAMS, FONTANA, STREET, HUGHES,
COSTA, YUDICHAK, LEACH AND HAYWOOD, FEBRUARY 14, 2019
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 14, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and
Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in assault, further providing for the offense of
ethnic intimidation; and, in particular rights and
immunities, further providing for civil rights violations.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2710 heading, (a) and (c) of Title 18 of
the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 2710. [Ethnic] Unlawful intimidation.
(a) Offense defined.--A person commits the offense of
[ethnic] unlawful intimidation if, with malicious intention
toward the actual or perceived race, color, religion [or],
national origin, ancestry, mental or physical disability, sexual
orientation, gender or gender identity of another individual or
group of individuals, he commits an offense under any other
provision of this article or under Chapter 33 (relating to
arson, criminal mischief and other property destruction)
exclusive of section 3307 (relating to institutional vandalism)
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