PRINTER'S NO. 349
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 384
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY ORTITAY, KHAN AND ROWE, JANUARY 28, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 28, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in burglary and other criminal
3 intrusion, further providing for the offense of criminal
4 trespass.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 3503(d) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
9 adding a subsection to read:
10 § 3503. Criminal trespass.
11 * * *
12 (b.4) Evaluation for gambling disorder.--
13 (1) Upon conviction or admission to Accelerated
14 Rehabilitative Disposition or another pretrial diversion
15 program of a person for an offense committed under subsection
16 (b), where the person's name is included on a self-exclusion
17 list and the offense was committed at a licensed facility or
18 a video gaming area, the court may direct that the person be
19 evaluated in a manner deemed appropriate by the court to
 1 determine:
2 (i) if the person has a gambling disorder; and
3 (ii) whether there is a need for counseling or
4 treatment as part of the sentence or preadjudication
5 disposition.
6 (2) The evaluation shall be conducted by a clinician
7 appointed by the court and shall include recommendations for
8 levels of care, continuing care and monitoring.
9 * * *
10 (d) [Definition.--As used in this section, the term "school
11 grounds" means any] Definitions.--As used in this section, the
12 following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to
13 them in this subsection unless the context clearly indicates
14 otherwise:
15 "Establishment licensee." As defined in 4 Pa.C.S. § 3102
16 (relating to definitions).
17 "Licensed facility." As defined in 4 Pa.C.S. § 1103
18 (relating to definitions).
19 "Licensed gaming entity." As defined in 4 Pa.C.S. § 1103.
20 "School grounds." Any building of or grounds of any
21 elementary or secondary publicly funded educational institution,
22 any elementary or secondary private school licensed by the
23 Department of Education, any elementary or secondary parochial
24 school, any certified day-care center or any licensed preschool
25 program.
26 "Self-exclusion list." The lists established and maintained
27 by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board under 4 Pa.C.S. §§ 1516
28 (relating to list of persons self excluded from gaming
29 activities) and 3903 (relating to self-exclusion) or self-
30 exclusion lists maintained by a licensed gaming entity which
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1 meets the minimum criteria stated in 4 Pa.C.S. § 1516 or by an
2 establishment licensee which meets the minimum criteria stated
3 in 4 Pa.C.S. § 3903.
4 "Video gaming area." As defined in 4 Pa.C.S. § 3102.
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Statutes/Laws affected:
Printer's No. 0349: 18-3503(d)