CO HB1182

A law enforcement supervising representative may order a wireless telecommunications provider's designated security employee to provide location information for a missing child's device without a court order in emergency situations where obtaining a warrant would delay the child's safe recovery.

The location request must be made by the missing child's parent or legal guardian to the law enforcement agency.

Law enforcement cannot order location information if the requesting parent or guardian is a restrained person under an active protection order naming the child as protected, or if the agency has articulable reason to believe an unreviewed custodial dispute exists.

Within 48 hours of ordering location information, law enforcement must request a court order to determine whether probable cause existed and the information was lawfully obtained; information obtained without probable cause is inadmissible in criminal proceedings unless independently acquired lawfully.

Communications and internet access providers must designate a security official and alternate to provide required assistance to law enforcement under this section, known as "Grace's Law."