An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in falsification and intimidation, further providing for the offense of false reports of child abuse.

HB 1465 amends Pennsylvania law concerning false reports of child abuse. The bill changes the penalty for individuals who intentionally or knowingly make a false report of child abuse or induce a child to do so. It upgrades the offense from a second-degree misdemeanor to a first-degree misdemeanor. This change directly affects individuals convicted of such actions by increasing the severity of the criminal charge.