PRINTER'S NO. 383
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
15
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY GOODMAN, BOBACK, CARROLL, COHEN, D. COSTA, DEASY,
DeLUCA, DONATUCCI, DUNBAR, GIBBONS, GILLEN, KAVULICH,
LONGIETTI, MATZIE, McNEILL, MILLARD, MURT, RAVENSTAHL,
SAINATO, SCHLOSSBERG, SCHREIBER, SCHWEYER, SIMMONS, STEPHENS,
THOMAS AND WATSON, FEBRUARY 9, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 9, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, further providing for cruelty to
animals.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5511(c)(2), (h)(1)(i), (2)(i), (3)(i),
(4)(i) and (5)(i) and (m.2) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
ยง 5511. Cruelty to animals.
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(c) Cruelty to animals.--
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(2) The following apply:
(i) Except as provided in subparagraph (ii), a
person convicted of violating paragraph (1) commits a
[summary offense] misdemeanor of the third degree and
shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not
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