PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1967
PRINTER'S NO. 2330
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1736
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY R. MACKENZIE, BROOKS, CIRESI, HILL-EVANS, NEILSON,
ROTHMAN, RYAN, SAMUELSON, JOZWIAK AND ZIMMERMAN,
JULY 30, 2021
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
OCTOBER 27, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in other offenses, providing for
prohibition against publishing or disseminating booking
photographs for commercial use.
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:
§ 7518. Prohibition against publishing or disseminating booking
photographs for commercial use.
(a) Offense defined.--A person is guilty of a misdemeanor of
the second degree if the person:
(1) is engaged in publishing or otherwise disseminating
a booking photograph taken in accordance with 61 Pa.C.S. §
1103 (related to recording system for identification of
criminal offenders); and
(2) solicits or accepts the payment of a fee or other
consideration to remove, correct, modify or refrain from
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