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Committee advances bill to expand administrative subpoenas for online child‑exploitation probes
Summary
Senate Bill 169 would add social‑networking platforms, mobile payment services and cloud‑storage providers to the types of services covered by administrative subpoenas used in investigations of child exploitation; supporters said the change is a modernization to match current technology, while senators asked about standards and limits.
The Judiciary committee reported Senate Bill 169 favorably with the expression of opinion that the same should pass. Sponsored by Senator Danny Carroll, the bill would expand the list of service providers whose account‑holder records may be obtained by administrative subpoena in child‑exploitation investigations to include social‑networking companies, mobile payment services and cloud‑storage services.
Senator Danny Carroll introduced the bill and attorney‑general office representatives described the measure as a modernization of a tool the General Assembly first authorized in February 2009 and expanded in 2013. Will Schroeder, senior counsel for Attorney General Russell Coleman, told the…
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