Commending Sandra Gioia Treadway.
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Celebrating the life of Janet Marie Brooking.
Commending Peter A. Blake.
Commending Scott McGeary.
Installation, maintenance, and operation of devices in highway right-of-way for law-enforcement purposes; regulation authority; civil penalty. Authorizes the Department of State Police or the chief law-enforcement officer of a locality to install devices for law-enforcement purposes in the right-of-way of highways under state jurisdiction. The bill defines law-enforcement purposes as an active felony investigation, an effort to prevent a targeted act of violence, or an attempt to locate missing, endangered, or wanted persons by law enforcement through the identification of a motor vehicle and excludes from the definition the enforcement of speed limits, traffic laws, tolling requirements, or high-occupancy vehicle requirements. The bill authorizes entering into agreements with private entities for the maintenance and operation of such devices. The bill requires the data collected to be maintained for no more than 30 days following its collection and limits the data and information collected to data and information about (i) the make, model, condition, location, and color of a vehicle and the information on the vehicle's license plate and (ii) the date and time the data and information was collected. This bill was incorporated into SB 503.
Commending Ann Thomas.
Commending Elizabeth Fowler.
Commending Walter C. Zaremba.
Carrying a firearm or explosive material intoa building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; exception for highwayrest areas. Provides that the prohibition on carrying a firearmor explosive material in any building owned or leased by the Commonwealthshall not apply to any highway rest area.
Firearms-related offenses; mandatory minimumsentences; penalty. Increases from five to 10 years for a secondor subsequent offense the mandatory minimum sentences for use ordisplay of a firearm during the commission of certain felonies.