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Senate amends search-and-seizure law to require warrants for certain new surveillance imaging

Utah State Senate · March 4, 2015
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Summary

Senate passed SB 226 as amended to require judicial review and a warrant before law enforcement uses certain radar-based imaging equipment that can penetrate walls; sponsor said the amendment fixed drafting errors and emphasized Fourth Amendment protections.

The Utah Senate on the floor adopted an amendment and passed Senate Bill 226, a bill that requires judicial review and a warrant before law enforcement may use certain radar-based surveillance and imaging technologies that can ‘‘look through walls.’’

Senator Madsen, the bill sponsor, told colleagues the measure is intended to ensure law-enforcement use of new surveillance imaging respects the Fourth…

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