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Committee hears SB 282 to limit government purchase of consumer data without warrant
Summary
SB 282 would bar state and local governments from purchasing commercial electronic data (including geolocation and sensitive pseudonymous datasets) for investigative purposes unless supported by a warrant or investigative subpoena; proponents called it a Fourth Amendment update, while sheriffs and industry groups urged technical clarifications and retention of an emergency voluntary-disclosure exception.
House Judiciary considered Senate Bill 282, an effort to update Montana''s search-and-seizure framework for the digital age by restricting government agencies from buying commercially available electronic data about people for investigative use without a warrant or subpoena.
Senator Daniel Emmerich told the committee the bill responds to a modern problem: data brokers can package geolocation and other behavioral datasets that allow mass tracking of Americans and agencies can obtain them without judicial oversight. Proponents…
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