HB 56 — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the offense of terroristic threats.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-14
Latest action: — Referred to JUDICIARY, Jan. 14, 2025
Sponsors
- Marla Brown (R, PA-9) — sponsor · 2025-01-14
- Rob W. Kauffman (R, PA-89) — cosponsor · 2025-01-14
- Milou Mackenzie (R, PA-131) — cosponsor · 2025-01-14
- Nancy Guenst (D, PA-152) — cosponsor · 2025-01-14
- Jim Haddock (D, PA-118) — cosponsor · 2025-01-14
- Andrew Kuzma (R, PA-39) — cosponsor · 2025-01-14
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to JUDICIARY, Jan. 14, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0046 · 2,003 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 46
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 56
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY M. BROWN, KAUFFMAN, M. MACKENZIE, GUENST, HADDOCK,
SCIALABBA AND KUZMA, JANUARY 14, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 14, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the
3 offense of terroristic threats.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 2706(d) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 2706. Terroristic threats.
9 * * *
10 (d) Grading.--[An]
11 (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2), an
12 offense under subsection (a) constitutes a misdemeanor of the
13 first degree [unless the].
14 (2) An offense under subsection (a) constitutes a felony
15 of the third degree if:
16 (i) the threat causes the occupants of the building,
17 place of assembly or facility of public transportation to
18 be diverted from their normal or customary operations[,
1 in which case the offense constitutes a felony of the
2 third degree.]; or
3 (ii) the threat relates to a church, synagogue or
4 other facility or place used for religious worship or
5 other religious purpose, school, educational facility,
6 community center, municipal building, courthouse facility
7 or State or local government building.
8 * * *
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
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| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee | — | pa-leg |
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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 | Marla Brown (R, state_lower PA-9) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Andrew Kuzma (R, state_lower PA-39) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Jim Haddock (D, state_lower PA-118) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Milou Mackenzie (R, state_lower PA-131) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Nancy Guenst (D, state_lower PA-152) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Rob W. Kauffman (R, state_lower PA-89) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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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
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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee · pa-leg