HB 1475 — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the offense of stalking.
Congress · introduced 2025-09-09
Latest action: — Referred to JUDICIARY, Sept. 9, 2025
Sponsors
- Shelby Labs (R, PA-143) — sponsor · 2025-09-09
- Kristin Marcell (R, PA-178) — cosponsor · 2025-09-09
- Abby Major (R, PA-60) — cosponsor · 2025-09-09
- Natalie Mihalek (R, PA-40) — cosponsor · 2025-09-09
- Kathleen C. Tomlinson (R, PA-18) — cosponsor · 2025-09-09
- Mike Armanini (R, PA-75) — cosponsor · 2025-09-09
- Craig T. Staats (R, PA-145) — cosponsor · 2025-09-09
- Mark M. Gillen (R, PA-128) — cosponsor · 2025-09-09
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to JUDICIARY, Sept. 9, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 2266 · 2,307 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 2266
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1475
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY LABS, MARCELL, MAJOR, MIHALEK, TOMLINSON,
ARMANINI, STAATS AND GILLEN, SEPTEMBER 5, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, SEPTEMBER 9, 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 stalking.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 2709.1(a) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 2709.1. Stalking.
9 (a) Offense defined.--A person commits the crime of stalking
10 when the person either:
11 (1) engages in a course of conduct or repeatedly commits
12 acts toward another person, including following the person
13 without proper authority, [under circumstances which
14 demonstrate either an intent to place such other person in
15 reasonable fear of bodily injury or to cause substantial
16 emotional distress to such other person; or] while knowingly
17 or recklessly:
18 (i) placing the other person in reasonable fear of
1 bodily injury; or
2 (ii) causing substantial emotional distress to the
3 other person; or
4 (2) engages in a course of conduct or repeatedly
5 communicates to another person [under circumstances which
6 demonstrate or communicate either an intent to place such
7 other person in reasonable fear of bodily injury or to cause
8 substantial emotional distress to such other person.] while
9 knowingly or recklessly:
10 (i) placing the other person in reasonable fear of
11 bodily injury; or
12 (ii) causing substantial emotional distress to the
13 other person.
14 * * *
15 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 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 | Shelby Labs (R, state_lower PA-143) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Abby Major (R, state_lower PA-60) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Craig T. Staats (R, state_lower PA-145) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Kathleen C. Tomlinson (R, state_lower PA-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Kristin Marcell (R, state_lower PA-178) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Mark M. Gillen (R, state_lower PA-128) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Mike Armanini (R, state_lower PA-75) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Natalie Mihalek (R, state_lower PA-40) | 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