PENNSYLVANIA, May 8 - PRINTER'S NO. 725

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

649

Session of

2023

INTRODUCED BY COSTA, HUGHES, BREWSTER, SCHWANK, SANTARSIERO,

KANE, FONTANA, KEARNEY, COMITTA, MUTH, STREET AND

CAPPELLETTI, MAY 8, 2023

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MAY 8, 2023

AN ACT

Amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 42 (Judiciary and

Judicial Procedure) and 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further

providing for ethnic intimidation; in employees, further

providing for definitions and providing for police officer

training on hate-based intimidation; and making an editorial

change.

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

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