SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 2293, 3147
PRINTER'S NO. 3570
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1988
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY OWLETT, OBERLANDER, STRUZZI, CAUSER, MIZGORSKI,
COOK, R. BROWN, SNYDER, D. WILLIAMS, BERNSTINE, SMITH, JAMES,
CIRESI, MOUL, OTTEN, RADER, WHEELAND, LAWRENCE, SAPPEY AND
HERRIN, OCTOBER 22, 2021
SENATOR REGAN, LAW AND JUSTICE, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED,
OCTOBER 19, 2022
AN ACT
Amending Titles 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 53
(Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in recordings by law enforcement officers, further
providing for definitions; in employees, further providing
for definitions; and providing for automatic certification by
the Municipal Police Officers' Education and Training
Commission.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definition of "law enforcement officer" in
section 67A01 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended to read:
§ 67A01. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
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"Law enforcement officer." [An officer of the United States,
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