Pennsylvania § 2712 Assault on sports official

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 2712 — Assault on sports official

Pennsylvania § 2712

Title 18CRIMES AND OFFENSES

PartPART II

Ch. 27ASSAULT

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18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2712 (2026).

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(a)Offense defined.--A person who violates section 2701 (relating to simple assault), where the victim is a sports official who was assaulted during a sports event or was assaulted as a result of his or her official acts as a sports official, is guilty of assault on a sports official.

(b)Grading.--Assault on a sports official is a misdemeanor of the first degree.

(c)Definitions.--As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection: "Sports event." Any interscholastic athletic activity in a junior high school, high school, college or university in this Commonwealth or any other organized athletic activity in this Commonwealth, including a professional or semiprofessional event. "Sports official." A person at a sports event

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(a) Offense defined.--A person who violates section 2701 (relating to simple assault), where the victim is a sports official who was assaulted during a sports event or was assaulted as a result of his or her official acts as a sports official, is guilty of assault on a sports official.

(b) Grading.--Assault on a sports official is a misdemeanor of the first degree.

(c) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection:

"Sports event." Any interscholastic athletic activity in a junior high school, high school, college or university in this Commonwealth or any other organized athletic activity in this Commonwealth, including a professional or semiprofessional event.

"Sports official." A person at a sports event who enforces the rules of the event, such as an umpire or referee, or a person who supervises the participants, such as a coach. The term includes a trainer, team attendant, game manager, athletic director, assistant athletic director, president, dean, headmaster, principal and assistant principal of a school, college or university.