PENNSYLVANIA, April 8 - PRINTER'S NO. 520

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

491

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY SABATINA, FONTANA AND COSTA, APRIL 8, 2021

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, APRIL 8, 2021

AN ACT

Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the

offense of aggravated assault.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 2702(c)(27) of Title 18 of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 2702. Aggravated assault.

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(c) Officers, employees, etc., enumerated.--The officers,

agents, employees and other persons referred to in subsection

(a) shall be as follows:

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(27) A teaching staff member, a school board member or

other employee, including a student employee, of any

elementary or secondary publicly funded educational

institution, any elementary or secondary private school

licensed by the Department of Education or any elementary or

secondary parochial school while acting in the scope of his

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