HB 1930 — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in riot, disorderly conduct and related offenses, further providing for the offense of aggravated cruelty to animal.

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Printer's No. 2420 · 1,438 characters · source document

PRINTER'S NO.    2420

                      THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                          HOUSE BILL
                          No. 1930
                                                 Session of
                                                   2025

     INTRODUCED BY SHUSTERMAN, KLUNK, FREEMAN, HILL-EVANS, CONKLIN,
        NEILSON, KUZMA, SANCHEZ, REICHARD, PROBST, STEELE, RIVERA,
        CIRESI AND D. WILLIAMS, OCTOBER 7, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS,
        OCTOBER 8, 2025


                                      AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
 2      Consolidated Statutes, in riot, disorderly conduct and
 3      related offenses, further providing for the offense of
 4      aggravated cruelty to animal.
 5      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 6   hereby enacts as follows:
 7      Section 1.     Section 5534(b) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
 8   Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
 9   § 5534.    Aggravated cruelty to animal.
10      * * *
11      (b)    Grading.--[A]
12             (1)   Except as provided in paragraph (2), a violation of
13      this section is a felony of the third degree.
14             (2)   A second or subsequent violation of this section
15      shall be graded as a felony of the second degree.
16      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 Agriculture And Rural Affairs Committee · pa-leg
2. 2025-10-08 · cosponsored by Tarah Probst (cosponsor) · sponsorship
3. 2025-10-08 · sponsored by Melissa L. Shusterman (sponsor) · sponsorship
4. 2025-10-08 · cosponsored by Joe Hogan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
5. 2025-10-08 · cosponsored by Mandy Steele (cosponsor) · sponsorship
6. 2025-10-08 · cosponsored by Andrew Kuzma (cosponsor) · sponsorship
7. 2025-10-08 · cosponsored by Robert Freeman (cosponsor) · sponsorship
8. 2025-10-08 · cosponsored by Scott Conklin (cosponsor) · sponsorship
9. 2025-10-08 · cosponsored by Kate A. Klunk (cosponsor) · sponsorship
10. 2025-10-08 · cosponsored by Dan K. Williams (cosponsor) · sponsorship
11. 2025-10-08 · cosponsored by Ed Neilson (cosponsor) · sponsorship
12. 2025-10-08 · cosponsored by Dan Frankel (cosponsor) · sponsorship
13. 2025-10-08 · cosponsored by Carol Hill-Evans (cosponsor) · sponsorship
14. 2025-10-08 · cosponsored by Chad G. Reichard (cosponsor) · sponsorship
15. 2025-10-08 · cosponsored by Sean Dougherty (cosponsor) · sponsorship
16. 2025-10-08 · cosponsored by Joe Ciresi (cosponsor) · sponsorship
17. 2025-10-08 · cosponsored by Liz Hanbidge (cosponsor) · sponsorship
18. 2025-10-08 · cosponsored by Dan Moul (cosponsor) · sponsorship
19. 2025-10-08 · cosponsored by Mark M. Gillen (cosponsor) · sponsorship
20. 2025-10-08 · cosponsored by Nikki Rivera (cosponsor) · sponsorship
21. 2025-10-08 · cosponsored by Benjamin V. Sanchez (cosponsor) · sponsorship