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TexasTowelie

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Thu Oct 18, 2018, 06:26 AM Oct 2018

Pennsylvania governor to sign Timothy J. Piazza Antihazing Bill into law

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf said Monday he will sign the Timothy J. Piazza Antihazing Bill into law following a unanimous Senate vote.

The bill is named in honor of the late sophomore pledge Timothy Piazza, who died in February 2017 following a bid-acceptance night at the now-banned Beta Theta Pi fraternity. The law is intended to drastically stiffen hazing penalties for greek life organizations.

“Hazing is counter to the experience we want for college students in Pennsylvania,” Wolf said in a statement. “We must give law enforcement the tools to hold people accountable and ensure schools have safeguards to protect students and curb hazing.”

Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman introduced the bill at a March preliminary hearing. The state House of Representatives unanimously approved the bill last week and sent it back to the Senate.

Read more: https://www.collegian.psu.edu/beta_theta_pi/article_d77fecf6-d0c8-11e8-bbdc-a3d9fa5a08d8.html

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