Bill Text: PA HB997 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for grading the offense of harassment.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 18-5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-18 - Referred to JUDICIARY [HB997 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB997-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1146
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 997 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY GILLESPIE, BEYER, CIVERA, CREIGHTON, GEIST, GINGRICH, GROVE, HARRIS, M. KELLER, MANN, MELIO, MILLER, MOUL, MUNDY, MURT, PETRI, QUINN, RAPP, ROCK, SIPTROTH, VULAKOVICH, WATSON AND YOUNGBLOOD, MARCH 18, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 18, 2009
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, further providing for grading the
offense of harassment.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2709(c) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 2709. Harassment.
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(c) Grading.--
(1) An offense under subsection (a)(1), (2) or (3) shall
constitute a summary offense[.], and a second or subsequent
offense shall constitute a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(2) [(i)] An offense under subsection (a)(4), (5), (6)
or (7) shall constitute a misdemeanor of the third degree[.],
and a second or subsequent offense shall constitute a
misdemeanor of the second degree.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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