HB 355 — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in minors, further providing for the offense of corruption of minors and for the offense of unlawful contact with minor.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-27
Latest action: — Act No. 5 of 2025, June 27, 2025
Sponsors
- Chris Pielli (D, PA-156) — sponsor · 2025-01-27
- Joseph D'Orsie (R, PA-47) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Carol Hill-Evans (D, PA-95) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Andrew Kuzma (R, PA-39) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, PA-153) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Steven R. Malagari (D, PA-53) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Kyle Donahue (D, PA-113) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- David H. Zimmerman (R, PA-99) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Mandy Steele (D, PA-33) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Daniel J. Deasy (D, PA-27) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D, PA-129) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Emily Kinkead (D, PA-20) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Dan K. Williams (D, PA-74) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Malcolm Kenyatta (D, PA-181) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Jose Giral (D, PA-180) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Jim Haddock (D, PA-118) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Marc S. Anderson (R, PA-92) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Jamie L. Flick (R, PA-83) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Charity GRIMM Krupa (R, PA-51) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- La'Tasha D. Mayes (D, PA-24) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Tim Briggs (D, PA-149) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Keith S. Harris (D, PA-195) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Joe Webster (D, PA-150) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Joe Hogan (R, PA-142) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Kristin Marcell (R, PA-178) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Donna Scheuren (R, PA-147) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
- Jeanne McNeill (D, PA-133) — cosponsor · 2025-01-27
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to JUDICIARY, Jan. 27, 2025
- · house — Reported as amended, March 26, 2025
- · house — First consideration, March 26, 2025
- · house — Laid on the table, March 26, 2025
- · house — Removed from table, April 24, 2025
- · house — Second consideration, with amendments, May 5, 2025
- · house — Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, May 5, 2025
- · house — Re-reported as committed, May 6, 2025
- · house — Third consideration and final passage, May 6, 2025 (203-0)
- · senate — In the Senate
- · senate — Referred to JUDICIARY, May 12, 2025
- · senate — Reported as committed, June 23, 2025
- · senate — First consideration, June 23, 2025
- · senate — Second consideration, June 24, 2025
- · senate — Third consideration and final passage, June 25, 2025 (50-0)
- · house — Signed in House, June 25, 2025
- · senate — Signed in Senate, June 25, 2025
- — Presented to the Governor, June 26, 2025
- — Approved by the Governor, June 27, 2025
- — Act No. 5 of 2025, June 27, 2025
- · house — (Remarks see House Journal Page 471-473), May 5, 2025
- · house — (Remarks see House Journal Page 522-524), May 6, 2025
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Bill text
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PRINTER'S NO. 309
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 355
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY PIELLI, D'ORSIE, HILL-EVANS, KUZMA, SANCHEZ,
MALAGARI, DONAHUE, ZIMMERMAN, STEELE, DEASY, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ,
KINKEAD, D. WILLIAMS, KENYATTA, GIRAL, HADDOCK, ANDERSON,
FLICK AND KRUPA, JANUARY 27, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 27, 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 corruption of minors.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 6301(a)(1) of Title 18 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 6301. Corruption of minors.
9 (a) Offense defined.--
10 (1) (i) Except as provided in subparagraph (ii),
11 whoever, being of the age of 18 years and upwards, by any
12 act corrupts or tends to corrupt the morals of any minor
13 less than 18 years of age, or who aids, abets, entices or
14 encourages any such minor in the commission of any crime,
15 or who knowingly assists or encourages such minor in
16 violating his or her parole or any order of court,
17 commits a misdemeanor of the first degree. A person who
1 at the time of the offense under this subparagraph is
2 employed as a peace officer as defined under section 501
3 (relating to definitions) or was a volunteer or an
4 employee of a school or any other person who has direct
5 contact with a student as defined under section
6 3124.2(a.2) (relating to institutional sexual assault)
7 commits a felony of the third degree.
8 (ii) Whoever, being of the age of 18 years and
9 upwards, by any course of conduct in violation of Chapter
10 31 (relating to sexual offenses) corrupts or tends to
11 corrupt the morals of any minor less than 18 years of
12 age, or who aids, abets, entices or encourages any such
13 minor in the commission of an offense under Chapter 31
14 commits a felony of the third degree. A person who at the
15 time of the offense under this subparagraph is employed
16 as a peace officer as defined under section 501 or was a
17 volunteer or an employee of a school or any other person
18 who has direct contact with a student as defined under
19 section 3124.2(a.2) commits a felony of the second
20 degree.
21 * * *
22 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Outbound (3)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Committees
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Pielli (D, state_lower PA-156) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Andrew Kuzma (R, state_lower PA-39) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, state_lower PA-153) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Carol Hill-Evans (D, state_lower PA-95) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Charity GRIMM Krupa (R, state_lower PA-51) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Dan K. Williams (D, state_lower PA-74) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Daniel J. Deasy (D, state_lower PA-27) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | David H. Zimmerman (R, state_lower PA-99) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Donna Scheuren (R, state_lower PA-147) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Emily Kinkead (D, state_lower PA-20) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Jamie L. Flick (R, state_lower PA-83) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Jeanne McNeill (D, state_lower PA-133) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Jim Haddock (D, state_lower PA-118) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Joe Hogan (R, state_lower PA-142) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Joe Webster (D, state_lower PA-150) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D, state_lower PA-129) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Jose Giral (D, state_lower PA-180) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Joseph D'Orsie (R, state_lower PA-47) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Keith S. Harris (D, state_lower PA-195) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Kristin Marcell (R, state_lower PA-178) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Kyle Donahue (D, state_lower PA-113) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 22 | La'Tasha D. Mayes (D, state_lower PA-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 23 | Malcolm Kenyatta (D, state_lower PA-181) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 24 | Mandy Steele (D, state_lower PA-33) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 25 | Marc S. Anderson (R, state_lower PA-92) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee · pa-leg