PRINTER'S NO. 3552
No. 2484 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY HENNESSEY, McGEEHAN, ADOLPH, ARMSTRONG, M. BAKER,
BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, CAPPELLI, L. I. COHEN, CORNELL,
CREIGHTON, DALEY, DeLUCA, DIVEN, EGOLF, FAIRCHILD, FICHTER,
FRANKEL, GEIST, GEORGE, HALUSKA, HARHAI, HARPER, HASAY,
HERSHEY, HORSEY, JAMES, KIRKLAND, LAUGHLIN, LEDERER, McCALL,
MELIO, METCALFE, NICKOL, PETRARCA, PETRONE, PIPPY, READSHAW,
ROBINSON, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO, SATHER, SAYLOR, SCHRODER,
SHANER, B. SMITH, STURLA, TANGRETTI, E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS,
TIGUE, TRELLO, TRICH, WALKO, WATSON, WOJNAROSKI AND
G. WRIGHT, APRIL 2, 2002
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 2, 2002
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for identity theft.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 4120 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
6 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
7 § 4120. Identity theft.
8 * * *
9 (e.1) Venue.--Any offense committed under subsection (a) may
10 be deemed to have been committed at any of the following:
11 (1) the place where the person possessed or used the
12 identifying information of another without that other's
13 consent to further any unlawful purpose;
14 (2) at the residence of the person whose identifying
1 information has been lost or stolen or has been used without
2 the person's consent; or
3 (3) if the identifying information at issue is
4 associated with the person's business or employment, then at
5 the business or employment address of the person whose
6 identifying information has been lost or stolen or has been
7 used without the person's consent.
8 * * *
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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