PRINTER'S NO. 1516
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1324
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY KRUEGER, ISAACSON, SCHLOSSBERG, SANCHEZ, HILL-
EVANS, VITALI, HADDOCK, MADDEN, McNEILL, HOWARD, WARREN,
SHUSTERMAN AND GREEN, JUNE 12, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 12, 2023
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in riot, disorderly conduct and
related offenses, prohibiting the purchase, sale, offer for
sale or possession with intent to sell covered animal parts
or products; and imposing penalties.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 5518. Prohibiting the purchase, sale, offer for sale or
possession with intent to sell covered animal parts
or products.
(a) Offense defined.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, no person may purchase, sell, offer to sell or possess with
intent to sell any item that the person knows or should know is
a covered animal part or product.
(b) Exceptions.--Unless otherwise prohibited by 34 Pa.C.S. §
2167 (relating to endangered or threatened species), the
provisions of this section shall not apply:
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