PRINTER'S NO. 1174
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1119
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY HOWARD, ISAACSON, MADDEN, McNEILL, SCHLOSSBERG,
HILL-EVANS, BURGOS, FREEMAN, TAKAC, SAMUELSON, SHUSTERMAN,
SANCHEZ, CERRATO AND KIM, MAY 5, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 5, 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 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 are amended to read:
§ 2710. [Ethnic] Hate-based intimidation.
(a) Offense defined.--A person commits the offense of
[ethnic] hate-based intimidation if, with malicious intention
toward the race, color, religion [or], national origin or
intellectual or physical disability 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)
exclusive of section 3307 (relating to institutional vandalism)
or under section 3503 (relating to criminal trespass) with
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