PENNSYLVANIA LAW

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL 161
Session of 1991

AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, IN SENATE, JULY 2, 1991
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:
"AN ACT Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes"

Section 3701.1
LEAVING AN UNATTENDED CHILD IN A MOTOR VEHICLE.

(A)  General Rule -- A person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle may not permit a child under six years of age to remain unattended in the vehicle when the motor vehicle is out of the person's sight and under circumstances which endanger the health, safety or welfare of the child.

(B)  Penalty -- A person who violates this section commits a summary offense.