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HB2339 • 2025

An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the offense of aggravated assault.

An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the offense of aggravated assault.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
NEILSON
Last action
2026-03-31
Official status
Referred to JUDICIARY, March 31, 2026
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the offense of aggravated assault.

An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the offense of aggravated assault.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the offense of aggravated assault.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-31 JUDICIARY

    Referred to JUDICIARY, March 31, 2026

Official Summary Text

An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the offense of aggravated assault.

Current Bill Text

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PRINTER'S NO. 3113
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2339
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY NEILSON, HILL-EVANS, GIRAL, KUZMA, CERRATO,
GUZMAN, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, McNEILL, HARKINS, GALLAGHER,
DOUGHERTY, MALAGARI, FLEMING, MAYES, INGLIS, CIRESI AND
GILLEN, MARCH 31, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 31, 2026
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
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licensed by the Department of Education or any elementary or
secondary parochial school while acting in the scope of his
or her employment or because of his or her employment
relationship to the school. This paragraph includes a school
crossing guard of a school district or local police
department, while acting in the scope of the individual's
employment or because of the individual's employment
relationship to the school.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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