
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 228, 2920
PRINTER'S NO. 3053
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
257
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY METZGAR, READSHAW, SNYDER, KAUFFMAN, BARRAR,
IRVIN, OBERLANDER, SAYLOR, DeLUCA, TOPPER, REESE, GOODMAN,
GILLEN AND MASSER, JANUARY 29, 2019
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
DECEMBER 17, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the
offense of assault by prisoner.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2703(b) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 2703. Assault by prisoner.
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(b) Consecutive sentences.--The court shall order that any
sentence imposed for a violation of subsection (a)[, or any
sentence imposed for a violation of section 2702(a) (relating to
aggravated assault) where the victim is a detention facility or
correctional facility employee, be served consecutively with the
person's current sentence.] or any of the following offenses by
a person who is confined in or committed to any local or county
detention facility, jail or prison or any State penal or
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