PENNSYLVANIA, May 25 - PRINTER'S NO. 807

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

710

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY COSTA, FONTANA, KEARNEY, HUGHES, COMITTA, MUTH,

SANTARSIERO, COLLETT, BREWSTER, SCHWANK, KANE, SAVAL, STREET

AND A. WILLIAMS, MAY 25, 2021

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MAY 25, 2021

AN ACT

Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sentencing, providing

for sentencing for hate-based intimidation and for community

impact statements.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes is amended by adding sections to read:

§ 9720.9. Sentencing for hate-based intimidation.

(a) Condition of probation.--In addition to any other

penalties or fines imposed, a person who has been convicted of

an offense under 18 Pa.C.S. § 2710 (relating to ethnic

intimidation) may be required as a condition of probation to:

(1) complete at least eight hours of educational

instruction relating to the community against whom the person

convicted has shown bias; or

(2) complete at least eight hours of community service

in benefit to the community against whom the person has shown

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