Pennsylvania legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pennsylvania HB1932: An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sexual offenses, repealing provisions relating to the offense of sexual intercourse with animal; and, in riot, disorderly conduct and related offenses, further providing for definitions and for the offense of aggravated cruelty to animal, providing for the offense of sexual crimes against animals and further providing for exemption of normal agricultural operations.
Status: In committee, October 27, 2025
What the bill says
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sexual offenses, repealing provisions relating to the offense of sexual intercourse with animal; and, in riot, disorderly conduct and related offenses, further providing for definitions and for the offense of aggravated cruelty to animal, providing for the offense of sexual crimes against animals and further providing for exemption of normal agricultural operations.
From the introduced text, October 8, 2025:
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sexual offenses, repealing provisions relating to the offense of sexual intercourse with animal; and, in riot, disorderly conduct and related offenses, further providing for definitions and for the offense of aggravated cruelty to animal, providing for the offense of sexual crimes against animals and further providing for exemption of normal agricultural operations. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1. Section 3129 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is repealed: [§ 3129. Sexual intercourse with animal. A person who engages in any form of sexual intercourse with an animal commits a misdemeanor of the second degree.] Section 2. Section 5531 of Title 18 is amended by adding a definition to read: § 5531. Definitions. * * * "Sexual contact with an animal." An act committed between an individual and an animal involving: (1) Contact between the sex organs or anus of an animal and the mouth, sex organs or anus of an individual. (2) The insertion of any part of an animal's body into the vaginal or anal opening of an individual. (3) Except as provided in section 5534.1(b) (relating to aggravated cruelty to animal), the insertion of any part of the body of an individual or any foreign object …