PRINTER'S NO. 1789
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1198
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY HUGHES, MUTH, FONTANA, COSTA, STREET, KEARNEY AND
BOSCOLA, JUNE 22, 2020
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JUNE 22, 2020
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in falsification and intimidation,
further providing for false reports to law enforcement
authorities.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4906(c) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
ยง 4906. False reports to law enforcement authorities.
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(c) Grading.--
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(3) If the violation of subsection (a) or (b) is based
solely on the race or ethnicity of the alleged perpetrator of
the crime or other incident within and not on actual
suspicion that a crime has been or might be committed, the
offense shall be graded as a misdemeanor of the first degree.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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