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Session: 2017-2018
ACLU-PA Position: Opposes
House Bill 149 criminalizes the use of recording devices inside and in the “environs” of a courtroom without the consent of the court or the presiding judge. This new crime, which is graded as a second-degree misdemeanor, would be triggered regardless of the intent of the actor. The bill was signed by Governor Wolf on October 24, 2018 as Act 94 of 2018.