Pennsylvania – HB 452 and HB XXX
Title
No Title
Sponsor(s):
PYLE, KNOWLES, METCALFE, BROOKS, MOUL, SACCONE, TALLMAN, M. K. KELLER, CUTLER, HARHAI, AUMENT, SAYLOR, KAUFFMAN, HICKERNELL, SWANGER, EMRICK, DUNBAR, O’NEILL, PICKETT, MILLARD, MAJOR, GRELL, BAKER, REESE, EVERETT, BOBACK, HESS, KORTZ, FLECK, C. HARRIS, READSHAW, OBERLANDER, CLYMER, ROCK, GROVE, HEFFLEY, MARSICO AND MURT
Synopsis:
A person commits the crime of criminal surveillance if he engages in surveillance while trespassing in a private place.
“Surveillance.” Observation of the activities of another person or invading the privacy of the person observed.
“Trespassing.” Entering or remaining, or causing any instrument or device equipped with technology to facilitate surveillance to enter or remain, on the land or in the airspace of another, by one who knows he is not authorized or privileged to do so.
PA HB452 – No definition of “any instrument or device” provided, i.e. Drone
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Representative Angel Cruz intends to introduce a bill (HP XXX) that would amend PA Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes by creating a new section that would require law enforcement officials to obtain an authorization order from a superior court judge before legally using unmanned aircraft surveillance in the Commonwealth.
Tracking Site https://www.legis.state.pa.us/
Status:
Introduced
Recommended Action
Contact sponsor/leadership with request to include MA exclusion…
“Model Aircraft as defined in the Federal Aviation Administration Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 [PL 112-95, Sec. 336(c)] are excluded from the provisions of this Bill/Statute”
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