Bill Text: AZ HB2891 | 2025 | Fifty-seventh Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced


Bill Title: Wireless telecommunications carrier; records; notice

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-13 - House read second time [HB2891 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2025-HB2891-Introduced.html

 

 

 

REFERENCE TITLE: wireless telecommunications carrier; records; notice

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

2025

 

 

 

HB 2891

 

Introduced by

Representatives Cavero: Carbone, Connolly, Garcia, Márquez, Marshall, Pingerelli, Rivero, Simacek

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

 

AMENDING TITLE 13, CHAPTER 30, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTION

13-3007; RELATING TO EAVESDROPPING AND COMMUNICATIONS.

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 


Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 13, chapter 30, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 13-3007, to read:

START_STATUTE13-3007. Emergency wireless telecommunications device disclosure to law enforcement; contact information; immunity; notice; classification

A. A wireless telecommunications service provider shall provide the call location information of a wireless telecommunications device to a law enforcement officer if the information is necessary to respond to a call for emergency services or in response to an emergency situation that involves the risk of death or serious physical injury.

B. Each wireless telecommunications service provider that is authorized to conduct business in this state shall provide its name and contact information with the department of public safety to facilitate information requests made pursuant to this section.  On a quarterly basis, the department shall disseminate the contact information to each law enforcement agency in this state.

C. This section does not prohibit a wireless telecommunications service provider from establishing protocols by which the service provider voluntarily discloses call location information.

D. A wireless telecommunications service provider and its officers, employees, agents or other specified persons are not liable in any civil action for damages for providing call location information while acting in good faith pursuant to this section.

E. The Intended Target Of The Emergency Request shall Receive Notice that Informs The Target That Information About The target Has Been Compelled Or Requested.  The Notice Shall Include A Written Statement Setting Forth Facts Giving Rise To The Emergency and Be Provided To The Intended Target forty-eight Hours Before The Intended Target’s Location Is Sent To The Law Enforcement agency.

F. The wireless telecommunications service provider shall not release call Location Information To A Person Who Either Has A Criminal History involving Domestic Violence Or Stalking Or Who Is Subject To Any Court Order Restricting Contact With The wireless telecommunications Device User.

G. Not Later Than forty-eight Hours After A Law Enforcement Officer Makes A Request For Call Location Information, The officer's Law Enforcement Agency Shall Request A Court Order Stating Whether the Officer Has Probable Cause To Believe That The Conditions Described Existed At The Time The Request was made.

H. A Person Who Reports an Emergency To a Law Enforcement Agency Knowing That The Information Is False Or Who Reports The Alleged Occurrence Of A Criminal Act Knowing That Act Did Not Occur Commits A Class 1 Misdemeanor punishable pursuant to section 13-2907.01. END_STATUTE

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