Bill > SB1415

This bill amends Pennsylvania law to increase the severity of penalties for certain offenses involving care-dependent persons, who are individuals unable to protect themselves due to age or disability. Specifically, it elevates the offense of neglect of a care-dependent person to a felony of the third degree when the victim suffers bodily injury, and also makes a course of conduct endangering a care-dependent person a felony of the second degree, up from a misdemeanor. Additionally, the bill upgrades the offense of institutional sexual assault, where a caretaker engages in sexual contact with a care-dependent person in a facility, to a felony of the second degree. These changes aim to provide stronger legal protections for vulnerable individuals.