Pennsylvania SB 355: An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in offenses against the family, further providing for the offense of endangering welfare of children.

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PRINTER'S NO. 349 

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL 

No.

355 

Session of 

2017 

INTRODUCED BY TOMLINSON, RESCHENTHALER, RAFFERTY, SABATINA, 

BREWSTER, FARNESE AND COSTA, FEBRUARY 15, 2017 

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 15, 2017 

AN ACT

Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania 

Consolidated Statutes, in offenses against the family, 

further providing for the offense of endangering welfare of 

children.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 4304(b) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania 

Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 4304. Endangering welfare of children.

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(b) Grading.--[An]

(1) Except as provided under paragraphs (2) and (3), an 

offense under this section constitutes a misdemeanor of the 

first degree. [However, where]

(2) If there is a course of conduct of endangering the 

welfare of a child, the offense constitutes a felony of the 

third degree.

(3) If an offense under this section is the result of 

leaving a child under 13 years of age in a motor vehicle 

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without adult supervision, the offense constitutes a felony 

of the third degree.

Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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