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House approves bill applying Fourth Amendment rules to police drones
Summary
The House passed Second Substitute Senate Bill 167, clarifying that existing Fourth Amendment warrant principles — and recognized judicial exceptions — apply to law-enforcement use of drones; the measure passed 67-5 and will be returned to the Senate.
Second Substitute Senate Bill 167, a bill to regulate law-enforcement use of unmanned aircraft systems, passed the Utah House by a 67-5 vote after sponsors and colleagues said the measure simply applies established Fourth Amendment warrant principles to a new technology.
Representative Roberts, the House sponsor, told members the bill does not change constitutional protections but clarifies when a warrant is required and when courts have long-recognized exceptions apply.…
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