PRINTER'S NO. 1964
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1244
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY FARNESE, HUGHES, FONTANA, STREET, COSTA AND
TARTAGLIONE, SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
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:
ยง 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
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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.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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