HB 956 — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the offense of aggravated assault.
Congress · introduced 2025-03-18
Latest action: — Referred to JUDICIARY, July 8, 2025
Sponsors
- Malcolm Kenyatta (D, PA-181) — sponsor · 2025-03-18
- Jamie L. Flick (R, PA-83) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Maureen E. Madden (D, PA-115) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Jose Giral (D, PA-180) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Tarah Probst (D, PA-189) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Arvind Venkat (D, PA-30) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Robert Freeman (D, PA-136) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Patrick J. Harkins (D, PA-1) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Carol Hill-Evans (D, PA-95) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Steven R. Malagari (D, PA-53) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Ben Waxman (D, PA-182) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Nikki Rivera (D, PA-96) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D, PA-129) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Danilo Burgos (D, PA-197) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, PA-153) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Ana Tiburcio (D, PA-22) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Keith S. Harris (D, PA-195) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Ed Neilson (D, PA-174) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Jim Prokopiak (D, PA-140) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Jeanne McNeill (D, PA-133) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Eddie DAY Pashinski (D, PA-121) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Sean Dougherty (D, PA-172) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Dan K. Williams (D, PA-74) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Darisha K. Parker (D, PA-198) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Kyle J. Mullins (D, PA-112) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Andre D. Carroll (D, PA-201) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Daniel J. Deasy (D, PA-27) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Carol Kazeem (D, PA-159) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Michael H. Schlossberg (D, PA-132) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Amen Brown (D, PA-10) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- La'Tasha D. Mayes (D, PA-24) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Heather Boyd (D, PA-163) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Tina M. Davis (D, PA-141) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to JUDICIARY, March 18, 2025
- · house — Reported as amended, June 23, 2025
- · house — First consideration, June 23, 2025
- · house — Re-committed to RULES, June 23, 2025
- · house — Re-reported as committed, June 30, 2025
- · house — Second consideration, June 30, 2025
- · house — Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, June 30, 2025
- · house — (Remarks see House Journal Page ), June 30, 2025
- · house — Re-reported as committed, July 1, 2025
- · house — Third consideration and final passage, July 1, 2025 (122-80)
- · senate — In the Senate
- · senate — Referred to JUDICIARY, July 8, 2025
Text versions
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Bill text
Printer's No. 1030 · 1,646 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 1030
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 956
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY KENYATTA, FLICK, MADDEN, GIRAL, PROBST, VENKAT,
FREEMAN, HARKINS, HILL-EVANS, MALAGARI, WAXMAN, RIVERA,
CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, BURGOS, SANCHEZ, SIEGEL, K.HARRIS, NEILSON,
PROKOPIAK, McNEILL, PASHINSKI, DOUGHERTY, D. WILLIAMS, PARKER
AND MULLINS, MARCH 18, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 18, 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 aggravated assault.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 2702(c) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
8 § 2702. Aggravated assault.
9 * * *
10 (c) Officers, employees, etc., enumerated.--The officers,
11 agents, employees and other persons referred to in subsection
12 (a) shall be as follows:
13 * * *
14 (40) An employee of any county, city, borough,
15 incorporated town, township, home rule municipality, optional
16 plan municipality or optional charter municipality.
17 * * *
1 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Outbound (4)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Rules Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Committees
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 | Malcolm Kenyatta (D, state_lower PA-181) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Amen Brown (D, state_lower PA-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Ana Tiburcio (D, state_lower PA-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Andre D. Carroll (D, state_lower PA-201) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Arvind Venkat (D, state_lower PA-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Ben Waxman (D, state_lower PA-182) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, state_lower PA-153) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Carol Hill-Evans (D, state_lower PA-95) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Carol Kazeem (D, state_lower PA-159) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Dan K. Williams (D, state_lower PA-74) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Daniel J. Deasy (D, state_lower PA-27) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Danilo Burgos (D, state_lower PA-197) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Darisha K. Parker (D, state_lower PA-198) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Ed Neilson (D, state_lower PA-174) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Eddie DAY Pashinski (D, state_lower PA-121) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Heather Boyd (D, state_lower PA-163) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Jamie L. Flick (R, state_lower PA-83) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Jeanne McNeill (D, state_lower PA-133) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Jim Prokopiak (D, state_lower PA-140) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D, state_lower PA-129) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Jose Giral (D, state_lower PA-180) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 22 | Keith S. Harris (D, state_lower PA-195) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 23 | Kyle J. Mullins (D, state_lower PA-112) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 24 | La'Tasha D. Mayes (D, state_lower PA-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 25 | Maureen E. Madden (D, state_lower PA-115) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
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
Activity
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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Rules Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee · pa-leg