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Senate committee advances bill to clarify electronic-data searches after court ruling
Summary
The Senate Government Operations Committee voted 4–0 to favorably recommend Second Substitute House Bill 261, which clarifies when state and local officers may obtain electronic evidence from another jurisdiction and when such evidence must be suppressed after a state supreme court decision raised vagueness concerns.
Second Substitute House Bill 261 moved out of the Senate Government Operations Committee on a 4–0 vote after its sponsor said the change will clarify how law enforcement obtains digital evidence while preserving Fourth Amendment protections.
Representative Jason B. Kyle told the committee the bill responds to a state supreme court decision and ‘‘puts a lot of clarity in the law’’ about when evidence covered by the Electronic Information…
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