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House amends and passes electronic-device warrant bill, adds July 1 effective date

Utah House of Representatives · March 3, 2014
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Summary

Lawmakers amended and approved First Substitute House Bill 128 to update warrant procedures for digital devices — including requirements to delete non-target data and to notify targets — and set the effective date to July 1; the bill passed 71–2.

The Utah House amended and approved First Substitute House Bill 128 on March 3 to modernize how law enforcement handles information stored on electronic devices.

Representative Ryan Wilcox, sponsor of the measure, said the bill treats data on smartphones and tablets as the modern equivalent of “papers and effects” and…

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