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PRINTER'S NO. 4288
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2730
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY METZGAR, RAPP, IRVIN, WATSON, REESE, SNYDER,
BURNS, GROVE, B. O'NEILL, BERNSTINE, TOPPER, A. HARRIS,
MILLARD, HANNA, DOWLING, DeLUCA, SAYLOR, WARD, GOODMAN,
MARSHALL, SCHLEGEL CULVER, SANKEY, GILLEN, MASSER AND DUSH,
OCTOBER 17, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 17, 2018
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the
offense of assault by prisoner.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2703(b) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
adding a subsection to read:
§ 2703. Assault by prisoner.
* * *
(a.1) Penalties.--A person convicted under subsection (a) or
section 2702(a) (relating to aggravated assault) where the
victim is a detention facility or correctional facility employee
shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment for not less than
five years and to pay a fine of $5,000 against the inmate's
account under 61 Pa.C.S. § 3124 (relating to inmates accounts).
(b) Consecutive sentences.--The court shall order that any
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