PENNSYLVANIA, May 8 - PRINTER'S NO. 726

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

651

Session of

2023

INTRODUCED BY COSTA, HUGHES, COLLETT, BREWSTER, SCHWANK,

SANTARSIERO, KANE, FONTANA, KEARNEY, COMITTA, TARTAGLIONE,

MUTH, STREET AND CAPPELLETTI, MAY 8, 2023

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MAY 8, 2023

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 prohibiting 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, amended by the act of

December 3, 2002 (P.L.1176, No.143), declared unconstitutional,

936 A.2d 188 (Pa. Commonwealth 2007), affirmed, 951 A.2d 345

(2008), are amended and the section is amended by adding a

subsection to read:

§ 2710. [Ethnic] Hate-based intimidation.

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

[ethnic intimidation if, with malicious intention toward the

race, color, religion or national origin of another individual

or group of individuals, he commits an offense under any other

provision of this article or under Chapter 33 (relating to

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