Bill Text: PA HB2125 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for burglary, for robbery and for grading of theft offenses.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 36-8)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-03-16 - Referred to JUDICIARY [HB2125 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB2125-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2955
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2125 Session of2012
INTRODUCED BY DELOZIER, MARSICO, CALTAGIRONE, BAKER, BOBACK, CUTLER, ELLIS, GEIST, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GROVE, HARHART, HARKINS, HARRIS, HEFFLEY, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, HORNAMAN, KAUFFMAN, M. K. KELLER, MAJOR, MARSHALL, MILLARD, MILLER, MILNE, MOUL, MURT, PASHINSKI, PETRI, QUIGLEY, QUINN, READSHAW, SAYLOR, CULVER, K. SMITH, SONNEY, STEPHENS, STERN, STEVENSON, SWANGER, TAYLOR AND TOEPEL, JANUARY 17, 2012
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 17, 2012
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, further providing for burglary, for
robbery and for grading of theft offenses.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 3502(c)(2) and 3701(b) of Title 18 of
the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 3502. Burglary.
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(c) Grading.--
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(2) [If] As follows:
(i) Except as provided under subparagraph (ii), if
the building, structure or portion entered is not adapted
for overnight accommodation and if no individual is
present at the time of entry, burglary is a felony of the
second degree.
(ii) If the actor's intent upon entering the
building, structure or portion under subparagraph (i) is
to commit theft of a controlled substance or designer
drug as those terms are defined in section 2 of the act
of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The
Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act,
burglary is a felony of the first degree.
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§ 3701. Robbery.
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(b) Grading.--[Robbery]
(1) Except as provided under paragraph (2), robbery
under subsection (a)(1)(iv) and (vi) is a felony of the
second degree; robbery under subsection (a)(1)(v) is a felony
of the third degree; otherwise, it is a felony of the first
degree.
(2) If the object of a robbery under paragraph (1) is a
controlled substance or designer drug as those terms are
defined in section 2 of the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233,
No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and
Cosmetic Act, robbery is a felony of the first degree.
Section 2. Section 3903(a) of Title 18 is amended by adding
a paragraph to read:
§ 3903. Grading of theft offenses.
(a) Felony of the second degree.--Theft constitutes a felony
of the second degree if:
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(5) The property stolen is a controlled substance or
designer drug as those terms are defined in section 2 of the
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act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The
Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act.
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Section 3. The amendment or addition of 18 Pa.C.S. §§
3502(c)(2), 3701(b) and 3903(a)(5) shall apply to offenses
committed on or after the effective date of this section.
Section 4. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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