Text of PA HB 236 (2025)

In public indecency, further providing for the offense of obscene and other sexual materials and performances.

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PRINTER'S NO. 189 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE BILL No. 236 Session of 2025 INTRODUCED BY GLEIM, ROAE, BANTA, HAMM, M. MACKENZIE, STEHR, GROVE, KAUFFMAN, CUTLER, LEADBETER, SMITH, ROWE, ZIMMERMAN AND WALSH, JANUARY 22, 2025 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, JANUARY 22, 2025 AN ACT Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in public indecency, further providing for the offense of obscene and other sexual materials and performances. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1. Section 5903(j) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: § 5903. Obscene and other sexual materials and performances. * * * (j) Exemptions.--Nothing in this section shall apply to any recognized historical society or museum accorded charitable status by the Federal Government, any county, city, borough, township or town library, any public library, any library of any [school,] college or university or any archive or library under the supervision and control of the Commonwealth or a [political subdivision] municipality. * * * 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. 20250HB0236PN0189 - 2 - 1