S.F. No. 2704 - Minnesota Electronic Communications Privacy Act

• Prohibits government entities from compelling or accessing electronic communications from service providers and electronic device information without search warrants, wiretap orders, or specific consent exceptions.

• Requires search warrants for electronic communications to describe information sought with particularity, mandate destruction of unrelated information within 30 days, and allow courts to appoint special masters to limit produced information.

• Mandates notice to warrant targets contemporaneously with execution or within three days for emergencies, with courts able to delay notice up to 90 days (renewable) if notification could cause adverse results.

• Establishes that voluntarily disclosed information must be destroyed within 90 days unless sender/recipient consent or a retention order is obtained; retained information cannot be shared with entities unwilling to destroy it upon order expiration.

• Requires judges to report warrant applications and grants to the state court administrator, who must transmit biennial reports to the legislature on all warrants and denied applications for public inspection.