Pennsylvania legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pennsylvania HB1511: An Act amending Title 44 (Law and Justice) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for miscellaneous provisions and for violent incident clearance and technological investigative methods; establishing the Violent Incident Clearance and Technological Investigative Methods Program; and imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency.
Status: Passed one chamber, June 18, 2025
What the bill says
Amending Title 44 (Law and Justice) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for miscellaneous provisions and for violent incident clearance and technological investigative methods; establishing the Violent Incident Clearance and Technological Investigative Methods Program; and imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency.
From the introduced text, May 29, 2025:
Amending Title 44 (Law and Justice) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for miscellaneous provisions and for violent incident clearance and technological investigative methods; establishing the Violent Incident Clearance and Technological Investigative Methods Program; and imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1. Title 44 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a part to read: PART V MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Chapter 81. Violent Incident Clearance and Technological Investigative Methods CHAPTER 81 VIOLENT INCIDENT CLEARANCE AND TECHNOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIVE METHODS Sec. 8101. Definitions. 8102. Violent Incident Clearance and Technological Investigative Methods Program. 8103. Reporting. 8104. Evaluation. § 8101. Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Cleared by arrest." Referring to a case in which a law enforcement agency reports that the case is solved and closed for crime reporting purposes, when at least one individual has been arrested, charged with the commission of the offense and turned over to the court for prosecution, whether following arrest, court summons or police notice. "Cleared by exceptional means." Referring to a case in which a law enforcement agency (2) gathered enough evidence to support an arrest, make …