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Senate clarifies parole/probation access to controlled-substance database; SB 3,001 passes
Summary
Senate passed SB 3,001 to clarify that probation and parole officers may access the controlled-substance database without a search warrant under specified conditions, addressing unintended consequences from prior 2015 language. The bill passed under suspension of rules (23 ayes, 2 nays, 4 absent).
Senators on the floor moved to fix an unintended effect of prior database language and passed Senate Bill 3,001. Sponsor Senator Weiler said a 2015 enactment had unintentionally grouped probation and parole officers with private citizens and would have required those officers to establish probable cause and obtain a warrant to query the…
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