HB 957 — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in other offenses, further providing for the offense of invasion of privacy.

PRINTER'S NO.   1031

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 957
                                                Session of
                                                  2025

     INTRODUCED BY FLOOD, BERNSTINE, DALEY, FRIEL, HEFFLEY, KENYATTA,
        KLUNK, KRUPA, RADER, SMITH AND STAATS, MARCH 18, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 18, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
 2      Consolidated Statutes, in other offenses, further providing
 3      for the offense of invasion of privacy.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6      Section 1.    Section 7507.1(b) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
 7   Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
 8   adding a subsection to read:
 9   § 7507.1.   Invasion of privacy.
10      * * *
11      (b)   Grading.--Invasion of privacy is a [misdemeanor] felony
12   of the [second] third degree if there is more than one
13   violation. Otherwise, a violation of this section is a
14   misdemeanor of the [third] first degree.
15      * * *
16      (d.1)    Destruction of media.--A person convicted of an
17   offense under this section shall delete or destroy any
18   photograph, videotape, electronic depiction, film, record or any
1   other recording associated with the conviction that is in the
2   person's possession in any manner or form. Failure to delete or
3   destroy the media shall constitute a separate offense graded as
4   a felony of the third degree.
5      * * *
6      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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