SB 494 — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sexual offenses, further providing for the offense of statutory sexual assault.
Congress · introduced 2025-03-21
Latest action: — Referred to JUDICIARY, March 21, 2025
Sponsors
- Jarrett Coleman (R, PA-16) — sponsor · 2025-03-21
- Cris Dush (R, PA-25) — cosponsor · 2025-03-21
- Elder A. Vogel (R, PA-47) — cosponsor · 2025-03-21
Action timeline
- · senate — Referred to JUDICIARY, March 21, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0449 · 1,840 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 449
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 494
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY COLEMAN, DUSH AND VOGEL, MARCH 21, 2025
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 21, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in sexual offenses, further providing
3 for the offense of statutory sexual assault.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 3122.1 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 3122.1. Statutory sexual assault.
9 (a) Felony of the second degree.--Except as provided in
10 section 3121 (relating to rape), a person commits a felony of
11 the second degree when that person engages in sexual intercourse
12 with a complainant to whom the person is not married who is
13 under the age of [16] 18 years and that person is either:
14 (1) four years older but less than eight years older
15 than the complainant; or
16 (2) eight years older but less than 11 years older than
17 the complainant.
18 (b) Felony of the first degree.--A person commits a felony
19 of the first degree when that person engages in sexual
1 intercourse with a complainant under the age of [16] 18 years
2 and that person is 11 or more years older than the complainant
3 and the complainant and the person are not married to each
4 other.
5 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 Senate 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 | Jarrett Coleman (R, state_upper PA-16) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Cris Dush (R, state_upper PA-25) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Elder A. Vogel (R, state_upper PA-47) | 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 Senate Judiciary Committee · pa-leg