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PRINTER'S NO. 711
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
658
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, THOMAS, SCHWEYER AND GILLEN, MARCH 1, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 1, 2017
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:
ยง 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.
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(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, the term "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, voicemails, voice
recordings, source messaging service (SMS) messages,
multimedia messaging service (MMS) messages or subscriber
identification module (SIM) data.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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