PRINTER'S NO. 231
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
268
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY R. MACKENZIE, CIRESI, GUENST, KAUFFMAN,
M. MACKENZIE, B. MILLER, NEILSON, SCHLOSSBERG AND STAATS,
MARCH 10, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 10, 2023
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 that is engaged in publishing
or otherwise disseminating a booking photograph is guilty of a
misdemeanor of the second degree if the person solicits or
accepts the payment of a fee or other consideration to remove,
correct, modify or refrain from publishing or otherwise
disseminating the booking photograph.
(b) Separate violations.-- Each payment or other
consideration solicited or accepted in violation of this section
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