PRINTER'S NO. 3193
No. 2281 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY WATERS, KIRKLAND, JAMES, THOMAS, DENLINGER, McILHATTAN, SIPTROTH AND YOUNGBLOOD, DECEMBER 5, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, DECEMBER 5, 2005
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania 2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for the required recording 3 of interrogations. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes 7 is amended by adding a section to read: 8 § 5704.1. Required recording of interrogations. 9 Any custodial and noncustodial interrogations by a law 10 enforcement officer of any person suspected of committing a 11 felony shall be audiotaped with or without the consent of the 12 person who is being interrogated. 13 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. G22L18JS/20050H2281B3193