PENNSYLVANIA, May 5 - PRINTER'S NO. 715

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

638

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY HUGHES, COSTA, BARTOLOTTA, PHILLIPS-HILL, FONTANA,

TARTAGLIONE, K. WARD, SANTARSIERO, GORDNER, HAYWOOD, MENSCH,

BREWSTER, KANE, COMITTA, BOSCOLA, MUTH AND CAPPELLETTI,

MAY 5, 2021

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MAY 5, 2021

AN ACT

Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, in protection from abuse, providing

for the definition of "electronic monitoring device" and

further providing for relief.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 6102(a) of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a definition to read:

§ 6102. Definitions.

(a) General rule.--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:

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"Electronic monitoring device." A device that enables the

location of a person wearing the device to be monitored through

use of a global positioning system and related technology and is

designed so that the device:

(1) actively and continuously monitors, identifies and

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