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PRINTER'S NO. 2161
No. 1810 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY DENT, NYCE, ARGALL, ALLEN, SEMMEL, O'BRIEN, WOGAN,
FARGO, LYNCH, ULIANA, OLASZ, SAURMAN, PHILLIPS, E. Z. TAYLOR,
ROONEY, ROHRER, PETTIT, HECKLER, GODSHALL, CLARK AND CIVERA,
JUNE 16, 1993
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 16, 1993
A JOINT RESOLUTION
1 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
2 of Pennsylvania, further providing for security from searches
3 and seizures.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby resolves as follows:
6 Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
7 Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
8 That section 8 of Article I be amended to read:
9 § 8. Security from searches and seizures.
10 The people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers
11 and possessions from unreasonable searches and seizures, and no
12 warrant to search any place or to seize any person or things
13 shall issue without describing them as nearly as may be, nor
14 without probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation
15 subscribed to by the affiant. This right shall be construed in
16 conformity with the fourth amendment to the Constitution of the
17 United States, as interpreted by the United States Supreme
1 Court.
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