Bill Text: PA HB1607 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: In enforcement, further providing for investigation by police officers.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-02 - Referred to TRANSPORTATION [HB1607 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB1607-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1992
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1607 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, YOUNGBLOOD, THOMAS AND DONATUCCI, JUNE 2, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 2, 2011
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in enforcement, further providing for investigation
by police officers.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6308(b) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 6308. Investigation by police officers.
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(b) Authority of police officer.--
(1) Whenever a police officer is engaged in a systematic
program of checking vehicles or drivers or has reasonable
suspicion that a violation of this title is occurring or has
occurred, he may stop a vehicle, upon request or signal, for
the purpose of checking the vehicle's registration, proof of
financial responsibility, vehicle identification number or
engine number or the driver's license, or to secure such
other information as the officer may reasonably believe to be
necessary to enforce the provisions of this title.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), no
police officer who stops a vehicle in accordance with
paragraph (1) may use a data extraction device to secure
information from an electronic device in the possession of
the driver or passenger in the vehicle.
(3) For purposes of this subsection, "data extraction
device" means a tool used to extract data stored in a
telecommunications device, including, but not limited to, the
following data: call history, text messages, contacts,
images, videos, geotags, voice mails, voice recordings,
source messaging service (SMS) messages, multi-media
messaging service (MMS) messages or subscriber identification
module (SIM) data.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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