PRINTER'S NO. 406
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
429
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, HILL-EVANS, MENTZER, CIRESI, FREEMAN AND
PASHINSKI, FEBRUARY 8, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 8, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the
offense of stalking.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2709.1(a) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 2709.1. Stalking.
(a) Offense defined.--A person commits the crime of stalking
when the person either:
(1) engages in a course of conduct or repeatedly commits
acts toward another person, including following the person
without proper authority, whether the other person has
knowledge or not, under circumstances which demonstrate
either an intent to place such other person in reasonable
fear of bodily injury or to cause substantial emotional
distress to such other person; or
(2) engages in a course of conduct or repeatedly
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communicates to another person, whether the other person has
knowledge or not, under circumstances which demonstrate or
communicate either an intent to place such other person in
reasonable fear of bodily injury or to cause substantial
emotional distress to such other person.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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