PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2279
PRINTER'S NO. 2384
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1985
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY BONNER, ROWE, C. WILLIAMS, DeLUCA, CIRESI, GLEIM,
JOZWIAK, ZIMMERMAN AND SCHLEGEL CULVER, OCTOBER 21, 2021
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, NOVEMBER 9, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in wiretapping and electronic
surveillance, further providing for exceptions to prohibition
of interception and disclosure of communications.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5704 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
§ 5704. Exceptions to prohibition of interception and
disclosure of communications.
It shall not be unlawful and no prior court approval shall be
required under this chapter for:
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(19) A person to intercept the oral WIRE communications
of a telemarketer, telemarketing business or an individual or
entity that initiates robocalls, as those terms are defined
in section 2 of the act of December 4, 1996 (P.L.911,
No.147), known as the Telemarketer Registration Act, provided
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