PRINTER'S NO. 3637
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2927
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY RABB, D. MILLER, KINSEY, ZABEL, HOHENSTEIN,
HOWARD, SIMS, BRIGGS AND OTTEN, NOVEMBER 28, 2022
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, NOVEMBER 28, 2022
AN ACT
Amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and
Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in criminal homicide, further providing for the
offense of murder and for the offense of criminal homicide of
law enforcement officer; and, in post-trial matters, further
providing for eligibility for relief and for jurisdiction and
proceedings.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 2502(b) and 2507(b) Title 18 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 2502. Murder.
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(b) Murder of the second degree.--A criminal homicide
constitutes murder of the second degree when it is committed
with the intent to cause serious bodily injury or with willful
disregard of a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the
defendant's acts will cause death or serious bodily injury while
the defendant was engaged as a principal or an accomplice in the
perpetration of a felony. A defendant's intent to cause serious
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