Wearing masks during commission of a crime or acts of intimidation or harassment; penalty.

Wearing masks during commission of a crime oracts of intimidation or harassment; penalty. Changes the prohibitionon wearing a mask in certain places to make it a Class 1 misdemeanorfor any person to, with the intent to conceal his identity, wear any mask, hood, or other device whereby a substantial portion of theface is hidden or covered so as to conceal the identity of the wearerwhile committing or attempting to commit (i) a crime or (ii) an actof intimidation or harassment against another person where such actis motivated by racial, religious, gender, disability, gender identity,sexual orientation, or ethnic animosity. Current law makes it a Class6 felony for any person over 16 years of age to wear such mask orother device and be or appear in any public place or upon any privateproperty in the Commonwealth without first obtaining written consentfrom the owner or tenant, with some exceptions.