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PRINTER'S NO. 2494
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1682
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY KNOWLES, BLOOM, BOBACK, THOMAS, DRISCOLL, TOPPER,
STEPHENS, O'NEILL, LEWIS, D. COSTA, WATSON, TOOHIL, KAUFFMAN,
RADER, SCHEMEL, McGINNIS, SACCONE, NEILSON, PICKETT,
A. HARRIS, BAKER, MURT, COHEN AND V. BROWN, NOVEMBER 5, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, NOVEMBER 5, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in obstructing governmental
operations, providing for unlawful use of an audio or video
device in court.
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 5103.1. Unlawful use of an audio or video device in court.
(a) Offense defined.--A person commits a misdemeanor of the
second degree if the person in any manner and for any purpose
uses or operates a device to capture, record, transmit or
broadcast a photograph, video, motion picture or audio of a
proceeding or person within a hearing room, courtroom or the
environs of a hearing room or courtroom without the approval of
the court or presiding judicial officer or except as provided by
rules of court.
(b) Definition.--As used in this section, the term
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"environs" means the area immediately surrounding any entrance
or exit.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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