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Committee modernizes administrative‑subpoena authority to include social platforms in child‑exploitation probes
Summary
Senate Bill 169 would expand administrative‑subpoena authority in investigations of online child exploitation to cover social networking companies, mobile payment services and cloud storage services, lawmakers heard.
The Judiciary Committee voted to report Senate Bill 169 favorably after testimony from the attorney general's office and a law‑enforcement director describing changes in online platforms used in child‑exploitation investigations.
Senator Danny Carroll introduced SB 169 and the attorney general's office and the special victims unit said the bill modernizes an administrative‑subpoena tool first granted in 2009 and expanded in 2013 to allow targeted requests to Internet providers during investigations where there is reasonable cause to believe an account was used in exploitation or attempted exploitation of children.
Will Schroeder, senior counsel for Attorney General Russell Coleman, told the committee: "This bill simply adds to the…
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