PRINTER'S NO. 2139
No. 1786 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY DEMPSEY, BUSH, HECKLER, GEIST, VEON, CAWLEY,
PETRARCA, JOHNSON, FAIRCHILD, GERLACH, CESSAR, MERRY, CLARK,
HALUSKA, KRUSZEWSKI, BELFANTI, STUBAN, BATTISTO, B. SMITH,
G. SNYDER, PRESTON, NAILOR, VROON, STABACK, BILLOW, HARPER,
KING, LEH, HAGARTY, THOMAS, HANNA, NOYE, J. TAYLOR, SAURMAN,
STEELMAN AND TRELLO, JUNE 26, 1991
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 26, 1991
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for aggravated
3 assault.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 2702(a)(4) and (5) of Title 18 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended and the
8 subsection is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
9 § 2702. Aggravated assault.
10 (a) Offense defined.--A person is guilty of aggravated
11 assault if he:
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13 (4) attempts to cause or intentionally or knowingly
14 causes bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon; [or]
15 (5) attempts to cause or intentionally or knowingly
16 causes bodily injury to a teaching staff member, school board
1 member, other employee or student of any elementary or
2 secondary publicly-funded educational institution, any
3 elementary or secondary private school licensed by the
4 Department of Education or any elementary or secondary
5 parochial school while acting in the scope of his or her
6 employment or because of his or her employment relationship
7 to the school; or
8 (6) attempts to cause or intentionally or knowingly
9 causes bodily injury to a county children and youth services
10 caseworker while the worker is acting in the scope of
11 employment.
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13 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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