PRINTER'S NO. 2578
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1864
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY RAPP, WARD, MILLARD, HARKINS, THOMAS, ROZZI,
ZIMMERMAN, DRISCOLL, GILLEN, B. MILLER AND VAZQUEZ,
OCTOBER 16, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 16, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in assault, providing for the offense
of unauthorized implantation of microchip.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 2719. Unauthorized implantation of microchip.
(a) Offense defined.--A person commits an offense if the
person implants or causes to be implanted a microchip or other
device containing radio frequency identification technology
within another person's body without the prior written consent
of the other person.
(b) Public officers.--
(1) No court, judge, executive officer, administrative
agency or public employee of the Commonwealth or of any local
governmental body shall have power to issue any order
requiring a person to have a microchip or other device
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