Pennsylvania legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pennsylvania HB1902: An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the offense of ethnic intimidation; in particular rights and immunities, further providing for civil rights violations; and, in employees, further providing for definitions and providing for annual officer training on hate-based intimidation.
Status: In committee, June 15, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, September 30, 2025:
PRINTER'S NO. 2371 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE BILL No. Session of INTRODUCED BY FRANKEL, N. NELSON, BENHAM, HILL-EVANS, WAXMAN, PIELLI, HOHENSTEIN, DONAHUE, PROBST, RIVERA, MALAGARI, SANCHEZ, HADDOCK, BOROWSKI, SHUSTERMAN, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, SCHLOSSBERG, INGLIS, TAKAC, HANBIDGE AND STEELE, SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 Amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the offense of ethnic intimidation; in particular rights and immunities, further providing for civil rights violations; and, in employees, further providing for definitions and providing for annual officer training on hate-based intimidation. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1. Section 2710 heading, (a) and (c) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, amended by the act of December 3, 2002 (P.L.1176, No.143), declared unconstitutional, 936 A.2d 188 (Pa. Commonwealth 2007), affirmed, 951 A.2d 345 (2008), are amended and the section is amended by adding a subsection to read: § 2710. [Ethnic] Hate-based intimidation. (a) Offense defined.--A person commits the offense of [ethnic] hate-based intimidation if, with malicious intention toward the race, color, religion [or], national origin, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation or disability of another individual [or], group of individuals[, he commits an …
Sponsors
- (D, 23) · primary sponsor