HB 1311 — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions relating to offenses involving danger to the person, further providing for definitions.

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PRINTER'S NO.   1504

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1311
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY SANCHEZ, SCHLOSSBERG, KINKEAD, WAXMAN, GUENST,
        VENKAT, PIELLI, KENYATTA, KHAN, MALAGARI, GIRAL, BENHAM,
        BRENNAN, HOHENSTEIN, HOWARD, SALISBURY, CIRESI, DALEY, GREEN,
        MADDEN, CERRATO, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, MAYES AND BOROWSKI,
        APRIL 28, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 28, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
 2      Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions relating to
 3      offenses involving danger to the person, further providing
 4      for definitions.
 5      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 6   hereby enacts as follows:
 7      Section 1.    The definition of "serious provocation" in
 8   section 2301 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 9   Statutes is amended to read:
10   § 2301.    Definitions.
11      Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent
12   provisions of this article which are applicable to specific
13   chapters or other provisions of this article, the following
14   words and phrases, when used in this article shall have, unless
15   the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings given to
16   them in this section:
17      * * *
1      "Serious provocation."   Conduct sufficient to excite an
2   intense passion in a reasonable person. The term does not
3   include the discovery, knowledge or potential disclosure of a
4   victim's actual or perceived gender identity or expression or
5   sexual orientation, including circumstances in which the victim
6   made an unwanted nonforcible romantic or sexual advance toward
7   the defendant or if the defendant and victim had a romantic or
8   sexual relationship.
9      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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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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1. 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee · pa-leg
2. 2025-04-28 · cosponsored by Jose Giral (cosponsor) · sponsorship
3. 2025-04-28 · cosponsored by Tim Brennan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
4. 2025-04-28 · cosponsored by Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (cosponsor) · sponsorship
5. 2025-04-28 · cosponsored by Nikki Rivera (cosponsor) · sponsorship
6. 2025-04-28 · cosponsored by Chris Pielli (cosponsor) · sponsorship
7. 2025-04-28 · cosponsored by Maureen E. Madden (cosponsor) · sponsorship
8. 2025-04-28 · cosponsored by Malcolm Kenyatta (cosponsor) · sponsorship
9. 2025-04-28 · cosponsored by Michael H. Schlossberg (cosponsor) · sponsorship
10. 2025-04-28 · cosponsored by Jessica Benham (cosponsor) · sponsorship
11. 2025-04-28 · cosponsored by Jen Mazzocco (cosponsor) · sponsorship
12. 2025-04-28 · cosponsored by Arvind Venkat (cosponsor) · sponsorship
13. 2025-04-28 · cosponsored by Joseph C. Hohenstein (cosponsor) · sponsorship
14. 2025-04-28 · cosponsored by Emily Kinkead (cosponsor) · sponsorship
15. 2025-04-28 · cosponsored by Mary Jo Daley (cosponsor) · sponsorship
16. 2025-04-28 · cosponsored by Danielle Friel Otten (cosponsor) · sponsorship
17. 2025-04-28 · cosponsored by Abigail Salisbury (cosponsor) · sponsorship
18. 2025-04-28 · cosponsored by Steven R. Malagari (cosponsor) · sponsorship
19. 2025-04-28 · cosponsored by Christopher M. Rabb (cosponsor) · sponsorship
20. 2025-04-28 · cosponsored by Nancy Guenst (cosponsor) · sponsorship
21. 2025-04-28 · cosponsored by Ben Waxman (cosponsor) · sponsorship
22. 2025-04-28 · cosponsored by Lisa A. Borowski (cosponsor) · sponsorship
23. 2025-04-28 · cosponsored by Tarik Khan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
24. 2025-04-28 · cosponsored by Joe Ciresi (cosponsor) · sponsorship
25. 2025-04-28 · cosponsored by G. Roni Green (cosponsor) · sponsorship
26. 2025-04-28 · sponsored by Benjamin V. Sanchez (sponsor) · sponsorship
27. 2025-04-28 · cosponsored by La'Tasha D. Mayes (cosponsor) · sponsorship
28. 2025-04-28 · cosponsored by Melissa Cerrato (cosponsor) · sponsorship
29. 2025-04-28 · cosponsored by Kristine C. Howard (cosponsor) · sponsorship