PRINTER'S NO. 1661
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.1426
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY K.HARRIS, GIRAL, M. MACKENZIE, HILL-EVANS, GAYDOS,
KENYATTA, MAYES, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, RIVERA, BOROWSKI, GREINER,
WEBSTER, O'MARA, PROBST, STEELE, PARKER, GREEN, CONKLIN,
CIRESI AND GILLEN, MAY 7, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 7, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in nuisances, further providing for
the offense of scattering rubbish.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6501(b)(1), (2), (3) and (4) of Title 18
of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
ยง 6501. Scattering rubbish.
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(b) Penalty.--
(1) A person who violates subsection (a)(1) or (2) is
guilty of a summary offense for the first offense and upon
conviction thereof shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not
less than $50 nor more than [ $300] $2,000 and be required to
pick up litter or illegally dumped trash for not less than
five nor more than 30 hours to be completed within six
months, or to imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or
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(2) A person who violates subsection (a)(1) or (2) is
guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree for the second
and subsequent offense and upon conviction thereof shall be
sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $300 nor more than
[$1,000] $5,000. The person also may be sentenced to
imprisonment or be required to pick up litter or illegally
dumped trash for not less than 30 nor more than 100 hours to
be completed within one year.
(3) A person who violates subsection (a)(3) is guilty of
a misdemeanor of the second degree for the first offense and
upon conviction thereof shall be sentenced to pay a fine of
not less than $500 nor more than [ $5,000] $10,000. The person
also may be sentenced to imprisonment or to performing a
community service for a period not to exceed two years.
(4) A person who violates subsection (a)(3) is guilty of
a misdemeanor of the first degree for the second or
subsequent offense and upon conviction thereof shall be
sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than
[$10,000] $20,000. The person also may be sentenced to
imprisonment or to performing a community service for a
period not to exceed five years.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in six months.
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