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Committee approves measure to speed law-enforcement access to phone location data in urgent missing-person cases
Summary
House Bill 366 (first substitute) would create a prioritized process for telecommunications providers to deliver phone location data to law enforcement in exigent missing-person and imminent-danger situations; the committee approved the substitute unanimously after testimony from a victim’s mother and law-enforcement supporters.
The Public Utilities and Energy Committee on Thursday passed House Bill 366 (first substitute), a bill that establishes a priority process for telecommunications providers to respond to law-enforcement requests for call-location and device geolocation data in urgent missing-person and imminent-danger cases.
Sponsor Representative Malloy said the bill expands the definition of location data, adds missing persons at risk of harm to the list of cases requiring priority access, and protects providers from civil liability when they act in…
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