PRINTER'S NO. 30
No. 32 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY DENT, TOMLINSON, WAGNER, STOUT, COSTA, RHOADES, CORMAN, MUSTO, BOSCOLA, SCHWARTZ AND MADIGAN, JANUARY 22, 2001
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JANUARY 22, 2001
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania 2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for possession of 3 weapon on school property. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. Section 912(b) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania 7 Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by 8 adding a subsection to read: 9 § 912. Possession of weapon on school property. 10 * * * 11 (b) Offense defined.--A person commits [a misdemeanor of the 12 first degree] an offense if he possesses a weapon in the 13 buildings of, on the grounds of, or in any conveyance providing 14 transportation to or from any elementary or secondary publicly- 15 funded educational institution, any elementary or secondary 16 private school licensed by the Department of Education or any 17 elementary or secondary parochial school. 18 (b.1) Grading.--
1 (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2), an 2 offense under subsection (b) is a misdemeanor of the first 3 degree. 4 (2) An offense under subsection (b) is a felony of the 5 third degree if the weapon possessed is a firearm, shotgun or 6 rifle. 7 * * * 8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. L8L18MSP/20010S0032B0030 - 2 -