A03469
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1399
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY BULLOCK, GALLOWAY, KINSEY, SANCHEZ, PARKER,
FLEMING AND KINKEAD, JUNE 13, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 13, 2023
AN ACT
Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in employees, providing for visible
badges required.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 53 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 2173. Visible badges required.
(a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (b), a
uniformed police officer in a county, city or other municipality
must visibly display a badge, tag or label clearly identifying
the officer at all times.
(b) Exception.--A police officer or other person empowered
to make arrests in a county, city or other municipality who is
not in uniform may not be required to visibly display a badge,
tag or label clearly identifying the individual as an officer or
other person authorized to make arrests.
(c) Sentencing enhancement.--The Pennsylvania Commission on
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Sentencing, as provided under 42 Pa.C.S. § 2154 (relating to
adoption of guidelines for sentencing), shall provide for a
sentencing enhancement for an offense under 18 Pa.C.S. Ch. 27
(relating to assault) when the victim is a uniformed police
officer in a county, city or other municipality who was visibly
displaying a badge, tag or label clearly identifying the officer
at the time of the offense.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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