PRINTER'S NO. 1487
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
853
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY GIBBONS, THOMAS, McNEILL, JAMES, MARSHALL, ROZZI,
MARSICO, MILLARD, READSHAW, FARINA, McGINNIS, SAINATO,
NEUMAN, KINSEY, MURT, MACKENZIE, SONNEY, BRIGGS, EVERETT,
SNYDER, BARRAR, CAUSER, WATSON, LONGIETTI, GOODMAN, BURNS,
GREINER, PYLE, M. K. KELLER, A. HARRIS, SIMMONS, DiGIROLAMO,
CONKLIN, REESE, HELM, KAUFFMAN, GERGELY, CUTLER, REGAN,
KORTZ, EMRICK, GROVE, QUIGLEY, P. DALEY, RAPP, KOTIK AND
D. COSTA, MAY 11, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 11, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 75 (Vehicles) of
the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in criminal homicide,
further providing for the offense of involuntary
manslaughter; and, in serious traffic offenses, further
providing for the offense of homicide by vehicle, and
providing for the offenses of homicide by vehicle while using
text-based communications and for aggravated assault by
vehicle while using text-based communications.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2504 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
§ 2504. Involuntary manslaughter.
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(c) Sentencing.--
(1) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, a
person convicted of a violation of subsection (a) as the
result of a violation of 75 Pa.C.S. § 3732(a) (relating to
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