Pennsylvania HB 1647: An Act amending the act of May 25, 1945 (P.L.1050, No.394), known as the Local Tax Collection Law, further providing for effect of failure to receive tax notice.

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PRINTER'S NO. 2001
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1647
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY SHUSTERMAN, HILL-EVANS, BERNSTINE, PROBST,
SANCHEZ, HADDOCK, BRIGGS AND KRUPA, JUNE 23, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 24, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in sexual offenses, providing for the
offense of possession, trafficking or importing a child sex
doll.
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:
§ 3134. Possession, trafficking or importing a child sex doll.
(a) Offenses defined.--
(1) A person commits the offense of possessing a child
sex doll by intentionally or knowingly possessing a child sex
doll.
(2) A person commits the offense of trafficking a child
sex doll by knowingly manufacturing, distributing, selling,
transferring, offering to sell, advertising, providing,
shipping, delivering for shipment, offering to deliver for
shipment or possessing with the intent to manufacture,
distribute, sell, ship or transfer a child sex doll.
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(3) A person commits the offense of importing a child
sex doll by knowingly transporting, or causing to be
transported, a child sex doll into this Commonwealth by any
means with the intent to distribute, sell or transfer the
child sex doll to another, whether or not the person has
taken actual possession of the child sex doll.
(b) Presumption.--In a prosecution for a violation of
subsection (a)(2), the possession of two or more child sex dolls
shall create a rebuttable presumption that a person intends to
commit the offense of trafficking a child sex doll.
(c) Exception.--This section shall not apply to a common
carrier transporting a container with a child sex doll if the
common carrier does not have actual knowledge of the container's
contents.
(d) Grading.--An offense under subsection (a) constitutes a
felony of the third degree.
(e) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "child
sex doll" means an anatomically correct doll, mannequin or robot
that both:
(1) Has the features of or features that resemble those
of an infant or a child under 12 years of age.
(2) Is intended to be used for sexual stimulation or
gratification.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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