Pennsylvania SB 683: An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in burglary and other criminal intrusion, providing for offenses relating to critical infrastructure facilities; and imposing penalties.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 672
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 683
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY YAW, BARTOLOTTA, ROTHMAN, FONTANA, BROWN, CULVER,
LANGERHOLC, PENNYCUICK, MARTIN, STEFANO, HUTCHINSON,
LAUGHLIN, J. WARD, MILLER AND DUSH, APRIL 28, 2025
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, APRIL 28, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in burglary and other criminal
intrusion, providing for offenses relating to critical
infrastructure facilities; 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:
§ 3506. Offenses relating to critical infrastructure
facilities.
(a) Trespass.--
(1) A person commits a misdemeanor of the third degree
if the person willfully and knowingly trespasses or enters
property containing a critical infrastructure facility
without permission by the owner of the property or lawful
occupant.
(2) A person convicted of violating paragraph (1) shall
be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $500 or to
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imprisonment for not less than 30 days nor more than one
year, or both.
(3) Notwithstanding section 903 (relating to criminal
conspiracy), a person commits a misdemeanor of the third
degree if the person conspires with another person to commit
the offense of trespass against a critical infrastructure
facility in violation of this section.
(4) Notwithstanding section 905 (relating to grading of
criminal attempt, solicitation and conspiracy), a person
convicted of violating paragraph (3) shall be sentenced to
pay a fine of not less than $5,000.
(5) A person commits a felony of the third degree if the
person willfully and knowingly trespasses or enters property
containing a critical infrastructure facility without
permission by the owner of the property or lawful occupant
with the intent to willfully damage, destroy, vandalize,
deface, tamper with equipment or impede or inhibit operations
of the critical infrastructure facility.
(6) A person convicted of violating paragraph (5) shall
be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $1,000 or to
imprisonment in a State correctional facility for not less
than one year nor more than three years, or both.
(b) Vandalism.--
(1) A person commits a felony of the third degree if the
person:
(i) willfully damages, destroys, vandalizes, defaces
or tampers with equipment in a critical infrastructure
facility; or
(ii) notwithstanding section 903, conspires with
another person to willfully damage, destroy, vandalize,
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deface or tamper with equipment in a critical
infrastructure facility.
(2) Grading for offenses under paragraph (1) shall be as
follows:
(i) A person convicted of violating paragraph (1)(i)
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $2,000
or to imprisonment in a State correctional facility for
not less than one year nor more than five years, or both.
(ii) Notwithstanding section 905, a person convicted
of violating paragraph (1)(ii) shall be sentenced to pay
a fine of not less than $10,000.
(c) Civil liability.--An owner of a critical infrastructure
facility may file a cause of action in a court of competent
jurisdiction against a person who is arrested for or convicted
of an offense under this section for damages to personal or real
property, including damages to pipeline construction and pigging
stations .
(d) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Critical infrastructure facility." Systems and assets,
whether physical or virtual, so vital to the United States or
the Commonwealth that the incapacity or destruction of the
systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security,
national economic security, State economic security, national
public health or safety, State public health or safety or any
combination of those matters, whether the systems or assets are
in operation or are under construction. The term includes the
following, if completely enclosed by a fence or other physical
barrier that is obviously designed to exclude intruders or if
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clearly marked with a sign that is posted on the property that
is reasonably likely to come to the attention of intruders and
indicates that entry is forbidden without site authorization:
(1) A petroleum or alumina refinery.
(2) An electrical power generating facility, substation,
switching station, electrical control center or electric
power lines and associated equipment infrastructure.
(3) A chemical, polymer or rubber manufacturing
facility.
(4) A water intake structure, water treatment facility,
was