PRINTER'S NO. 309
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 355
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY PIELLI, D'ORSIE, HILL-EVANS, KUZMA, SANCHEZ,
MALAGARI, DONAHUE, ZIMMERMAN, STEELE, DEASY, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ,
KINKEAD, D. WILLIAMS, KENYATTA, GIRAL, HADDOCK, ANDERSON,
FLICK AND KRUPA, JANUARY 27, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 27, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in minors, further providing for the
3 offense of corruption of minors.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 6301(a)(1) of Title 18 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 ยง 6301. Corruption of minors.
9 (a) Offense defined.--
10 (1) (i) Except as provided in subparagraph (ii),
11 whoever, being of the age of 18 years and upwards, by any
12 act corrupts or tends to corrupt the morals of any minor
13 less than 18 years of age, or who aids, abets, entices or
14 encourages any such minor in the commission of any crime,
15 or who knowingly assists or encourages such minor in
16 violating his or her parole or any order of court,
17 commits a misdemeanor of the first degree. A person who
1 at the time of the offense under this subparagraph is
2 employed as a peace officer as defined under section 501
3 (relating to definitions) or was a volunteer or an
4 employee of a school or any other person who has direct
5 contact with a student as defined under section
6 3124.2(a.2) (relating to institutional sexual assault)
7 commits a felony of the third degree.
8 (ii) Whoever, being of the age of 18 years and
9 upwards, by any course of conduct in violation of Chapter
10 31 (relating to sexual offenses) corrupts or tends to
11 corrupt the morals of any minor less than 18 years of
12 age, or who aids, abets, entices or encourages any such
13 minor in the commission of an offense under Chapter 31
14 commits a felony of the third degree. A person who at the
15 time of the offense under this subparagraph is employed
16 as a peace officer as defined under section 501 or was a
17 volunteer or an employee of a school or any other person
18 who has direct contact with a student as defined under
19 section 3124.2(a.2) commits a felony of the second
20 degree.
21 * * *
22 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Statutes/Laws affected: Printer's No. 0309: 18-6301(a)(1)