PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3002 PRINTER'S NO. 3151
No. 2272 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY TANGRETTI, BELFANTI, CASORIO, BELARDI, GIGLIOTTI,
WOJNAROSKI, CAWLEY, CLARK, COSTA, SAINATO, SHANER, SOLOBAY,
STABACK, TIGUE, READSHAW, RAYMOND, MICOZZIE, HARHAI,
KIRKLAND, LAUGHLIN, GODSHALL, GEIST, FRANKEL, VAN HORNE,
CORRIGAN, WALKO, TRELLO, STEELMAN, MICHLOVIC, RAMOS AND
HORSEY, FEBRUARY 15, 2000
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MARCH 15, 2000
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for retaliation
3 against witness or victim.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 4953 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 4953. Retaliation against a party, witness or victim <--
9 [WITNESS OR VICTIM] WITNESS, VICTIM OR PARTY. <--
10 (a) Offense defined.--A person commits an offense if he
11 harms another by any unlawful act or by engaging ENGAGES in a <--
12 course of conduct or repeatedly committing COMMITS acts which <--
13 alarm or seriously annoy the victim ANOTHER in retaliation for <--
14 anything lawfully done in the capacity of witness [or], victim <--
15 or a party in a civil matter.
16 (b) Grading.--The offense is a felony of the third degree if
1 the retaliation is accomplished by any of the means specified in
2 section 4952(b)(1) through (5) (relating to intimidation of
3 witnesses or victims). Otherwise the offense is a misdemeanor of
4 the second degree.
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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