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House rejects bill to allow state administrative subpoenas for certain electronic subscriber data
Summary
HB150, which would have allowed state prosecutors to issue administrative subpoenas for limited subscriber identity/payment data on reasonable suspicion of felony activity, failed in the House amid privacy and scope concerns, 33-41.
The Utah House on Feb. 25 rejected House Bill 150, a measure to allow state prosecutors to issue administrative subpoenas to obtain limited subscriber identity information from internet-service and phone providers when there is reasonable suspicion a crime has been committed.
Representative Bradley Dawe, sponsor of HB150, described the measure as a narrowly tailored tool to let investigators identify an owner of a phone number or IP address as a next step in investigations. "If there is a reasonable suspicion that a crime has…
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