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Senate committee advances bill letting survivors authorize police to inspect discovered tracking devices
Summary
AB 358 (Alvarez) would create a narrow, victim-centered exception to CalECPA allowing law enforcement to inspect tracking or recording devices found by victims in private spaces with explicit consent; the committee passed the bill as amended and sent it to Appropriations.
The Senate Committee on Public Safety voted to pass AB 358, by Assemblymember Carlos Alvarez, as amended to the Appropriations Committee. Supporters described the bill as a narrowly drawn, victim-centered fix to the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (CalECPA) that would let law enforcement immediately inspect tracking or surveillance devices found inside a survivor’s private space when the survivor gives explicit consent.
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