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MO HJR71
Joint Resolution
Status
1/23/2014
Primary Sponsor
Galen Higdon
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AI Summary
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Submits to Missouri voters at the 2014 general election (or special election called by governor) a constitutional amendment to article I, section 15
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Repeals and replaces the existing search and seizure provision to extend privacy protections to "electronic communications and data"
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Requires search warrants to describe electronic data or communications to be accessed with the same specificity as physical locations or items
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Establishes that warrants for electronic data access require probable cause supported by written oath or affirmation, consistent with current warrant requirements
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Adds electronic communications and data to existing constitutional protections against unreasonable searches and seizures of persons, papers, homes, and effects
Legislative Description
Proposes a constitutional amendment creating an individual, state constittutional right to be secure in electronic communications and data
Last Action
Referred: Judiciary(H)
2/5/2014