A02791
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1027
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY FRANKEL, N. NELSON, McNEILL, HANBIDGE,
PISCIOTTANO, PIELLI, BRIGGS, MADDEN, SANCHEZ, SCHLOSSBERG,
GUENST, HOHENSTEIN, DELLOSO, HILL-EVANS, HARKINS, FLEMING,
STURLA, FREEMAN, O'MARA, OTTEN, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, BOROWSKI,
D. WILLIAMS, CERRATO, KHAN, SIEGEL, MAYES, PROBST, ISAACSON,
SCOTT, GIRAL, GALLAGHER, BENHAM, TAKAC, T. DAVIS, SMITH-WADE-
EL, SALISBURY, SAMUELSON, BRENNAN, VITALI, WEBSTER, DALEY,
SHUSTERMAN, DONAHUE AND GUZMAN, APRIL 25, 2023
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JULY 7, 2023
AN ACT
Amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and
Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in assault, further providing for the offense of
ethnic intimidation; and, in particular rights and
immunities, further prohibiting civil rights violations.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2710 heading, (a) and (c) of Title 18 of
the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, amended by the act of
December 3, 2002 (P.L.1176, No.143), declared unconstitutional,
936 A.2d 188 (Pa. Commonwealth 2007), affirmed, 951 A.2d 345
(2008), are amended and the section is amended by adding a
subsection to read:
§ 2710. [Ethnic] Hate-based intimidation.
(a) Offense defined.--A person commits the offense of
[ethnic intimidation if, with malicious intention toward the
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