Pennsylvania HB 1311: An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in rules of the road in general, further providing for following too closely; and, in other required equipment, further providing for general requirements for school buses.

Bill Text

PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1504 PRINTER'S NO. 3031
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1311
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY SANCHEZ, SCHLOSSBERG, KINKEAD, WAXMAN, GUENST,
VENKAT, PIELLI, KENYATTA, KHAN, MALAGARI, GIRAL, BENHAM,
BRENNAN, HOHENSTEIN, HOWARD, SALISBURY, CIRESI, DALEY, GREEN,
MADDEN, CERRATO, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, MAYES, BOROWSKI, OTTEN, RABB
AND RIVERA, APRIL 28, 2025
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MARCH 19, 2026
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions relating to
offenses involving danger to the person, further providing
for definitions.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definition of "serious provocation" in
section 2301 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended to read:
§ 2301. Definitions.
Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent
provisions of this article which are applicable to specific
chapters or other provisions of this article, the following
words and phrases, when used in this article shall have, unless
the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings given to
them in this section:
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"Serious provocation." Conduct sufficient to excite an
intense passion in a reasonable person. The term does not
include the discovery, knowledge or potential disclosure of a
victim's actual or perceived gender identity or expression or
sexual orientation, including circumstances in which the victim
made an unwanted nonforcible romantic or sexual advance toward
the defendant or if the defendant and victim had a romantic or
sexual relationship. THE DEFENDANT WAS ROMANTICALLY
PROPOSITIONED IN A NONVIOLENT OR NONTHREATENING MANNER BY THE
VICTIM OR THE DEFENDANT AND VICTIM HAD A ROMANTIC OR SEXUAL
RELATIONSHIP.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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