PRINTER'S NO. 1707
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1570
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY FARRY, TOMLINSON, MOUL, ISAACSON, MILLARD,
PENNYCUICK, POLINCHOCK, LONGIETTI, GILLESPIE, HOWARD, THOMAS,
McNEILL, STAATS, JAMES, MIHALEK, CIRESI AND R. BROWN,
JUNE 8, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 8, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in burglary and other criminal
intrusion, further providing for definitions, for the offense
of burglary and for the offense of criminal trespass.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3501 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a definition to read:
§ 3501. Definitions.
Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent
provisions of this chapter which are applicable to specific
provisions of this chapter, the following words or phrases when
used in this chapter shall have, unless the context clearly
indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:
"Domestic animal." As defined in section 5531 (relating to
definitions).
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Section 2. Sections 3502 and 3503 of Title 18 are amended by
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adding subsections to read:
§ 3502. Burglary.
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(d.1) Sentencing enhancement.--The Pennsylvania Commission
on Sentencing, in accordance with 42 Pa.C.S. § 2154 (relating to
adoption of guidelines for sentencing), shall provide for a
sentencing enhancement for courts to consider in cases involving
burglary where a domestic animal is harmed or killed in the
course of the burglary.
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§ 3503. Criminal trespass.
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(c.2) Sentencing enhancement.--The Pennsylvania Commission
on Sentencing, in accordance with 42 Pa.C.S. § 2154 (relating to
adoption of guidelines for sentencing), shall provide for a
sentencing enhancement for courts to consider in cases involving
criminal trespass where a domestic animal is harmed or killed in
the course of the criminal trespass.
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Section 3. This amendatory act shall be known and may be
cited as Cash's Law.
Section 4. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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