Pennsylvania HB1475 amends the definition of stalking under Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes.
Pennsylvania HB1475 amends Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to redefine the crime of stalking. The bill specifies that a person commits stalking when they engage in a course of conduct or repeatedly commit acts toward another person, including following the person without proper authority, under circumstances that knowingly or recklessly place the other person in reasonable fear of bodily injury or cause substantial emotional distress. The changes take effect 60 days after the act's passage.
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