HB 1352 — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in minors, further providing for the offense of unlawful contact with minor.

PRINTER'S NO.   1540

                      THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                          HOUSE BILL
                          No. 1352
                                                 Session of
                                                   2025

     INTRODUCED BY SCIALABBA, BERNSTINE, STAATS, JAMES, PICKETT,
        M. MACKENZIE, LEADBETER, KUZMA, KRUPA, STEELE, KAUFFMAN,
        GLEIM, SCHEUREN, GAYDOS AND GILLEN, APRIL 30, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 30, 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 unlawful contact with minor.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6      Section 1.     Section 6318(a) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
 7   Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
 8   § 6318.    Unlawful contact with minor.
 9      (a)    Offense defined.--A person commits an offense if the
10   person is intentionally in contact with a minor, or a law
11   enforcement officer acting in the performance of duties who has
12   assumed the identity of a minor or of another individual having
13   direct contact with children, as defined under 23 Pa.C.S. §
14   6303(a) (relating to definitions), for the purpose of engaging
15   in an activity prohibited under any of the following provisions
16   under this title, and either the person initiating the contact
17   or the person being contacted is within this Commonwealth:
18             [(1)   Any of the offenses enumerated in Chapter 31
 1    (relating to sexual offenses).]
 2        (1.1)     Any of the offenses enumerated in Chapter 30
 3    (relating to human trafficking), if the activity involved
 4    sexual servitude and the victim was a minor.
 5        (1.2)     Any of the offenses enumerated in Chapter 31
 6    (relating to sexual offenses).
 7        (1.3)     Incest as defined in section 4302(b) (relating to
 8    incest).
 9        (1.4)     Endangering welfare of children as defined in
10    section 4304(a)(1) (relating to endangering welfare of
11    children), if the activity involved sexual contact with the
12    minor.
13        (2)    Open lewdness as defined in section 5901 (relating
14    to open lewdness).
15        (3)    Prostitution as defined in section 5902 (relating to
16    prostitution and related offenses).
17        (4)    Obscene and other sexual materials and performances
18    as defined in section 5903 (relating to obscene and other
19    sexual materials and performances).
20        (4.1)     Corruption of minors as defined in section 6301(a)
21    (1)(i) (relating to corruption of minors), if the activity
22    involved sexual contact with the minor.
23        (4.2)     Corruption of minors as defined in section 6301(a)
24    (1)(ii).
25        (5)    Sexual abuse of children as defined in section 6312
26    (relating to sexual abuse of children).
27        (6)    Sexual exploitation of children as defined in
28    section 6320 (relating to sexual exploitation of children).
29        (7)    An attempt, solicitation or conspiracy to commit any
30    of the offenses in this subsection.

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2     Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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