THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

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.