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HB56 • 2025

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

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

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
M. BROWN
Last action
2025-01-14
Official status
Referred to JUDICIARY, Jan. 14, 2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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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 terroristic threats.

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

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 terroristic threats.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-01-14 JUDICIARY

    Referred to JUDICIARY, Jan. 14, 2025

Official Summary Text

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

Current Bill Text

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PRINTER'S NO. 46
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 56
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY M. BROWN, KAUFFMAN, M. MACKENZIE, GUENST, HADDOCK,
SCIALABBA AND KUZMA, JANUARY 14, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 14, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the
offense of terroristic threats.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2706(d) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 2706. Terroristic threats.
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(d) Grading.--[An]
(1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2), an
offense under subsection (a) constitutes a misdemeanor of the
first degree [unless the].
(2) An offense under subsection (a) constitutes a felony
of the third degree if:
(i) the threat causes the occupants of the building,
place of assembly or facility of public transportation to
be diverted from their normal or customary operations[,
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in which case the offense constitutes a felony of the
third degree.]; or
(ii) the threat relates to a church, synagogue or
other facility or place used for religious worship or
other religious purpose, school, educational facility,
community center, municipal building, courthouse facility
or State or local government building.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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