PENNSYLVANIA, July 21 - PRINTER'S NO. 300

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

63

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY KEARNEY, A. WILLIAMS, L. WILLIAMS, SANTARSIERO,

STREET, FONTANA, COLLETT, MUTH, BLAKE, CAPPELLETTI,

TARTAGLIONE, COSTA, SCHWANK, KANE, COMITTA, BOSCOLA AND

HAYWOOD, MARCH 4, 2021

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 4, 2021

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 providing for 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 are amended to read:

§ 2710. [Ethnic] Unlawful intimidation.

(a) Offense defined.--A person commits the offense of

[ethnic] unlawful intimidation if, with malicious intention

toward the actual or perceived race, color, religion [or],

national origin, ancestry, mental or physical disability, sexual

orientation, gender or gender identity of another individual or

group of individuals, he commits an offense under any other

provision of this article or under Chapter 33 (relating to

arson, criminal mischief and other property destruction)

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