PRINTER'S NO. 2155
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1897
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY KULIK, PISCIOTTANO, KINSEY, NEILSON, CIRESI,
MALAGARI, McNEILL AND ORTITAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in assault, providing for the offense
of harassment of sports official.
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 2709.2. Harassment of sports official.
(a) Offense defined.--A person who violates section 2709(a)
(1), (2), (3) or (4) (relating to harassment), where the victim
is a sports official who was harassed as a result of official
acts or status as a sports official, is guilty of harassment of
a sports official.
(b) Grading.--An offense under subsection (a) shall
constitute a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(c) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
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"Sports official." A person at a sporting event who enforces
the rules of the event, such as an umpire or referee, or a
person who supervises the participants, such as a coach. The
term includes a trainer, team attendant, game manager, athletic
director, assistant athletic director, president, dean,
headmaster, principal and assistant principal of a school,
college or university.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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