Bill Text: MI HJRC | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Criminal procedure; warrants; search and seizure protections; expand to include electronic communications and seizures. Amends sec. 11, art. I of the state constitution.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-18 - Referred To Committee On Government Operations [HJRC Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HJRC-Introduced.html
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION C
January 31, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Runestad, Hughes, Howrylak, Hernandez, Vaupel, Johnson, Kelly, Lucido, Canfield, Graves, Robinson and Frederick and referred to the Committee on Law and Justice.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by amending section 11 of article I, to
require the government to obtain a search warrant in order to
access a person's electronic data or electronic communication.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, to require the government to obtain a search
warrant in order to access a person's electronic data or electronic
communication, is proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the people
of the state:
ARTICLE I
Sec.
11. The person, houses, papers, and possessions, and
electronic data and electronic communications of every person shall
be secure from unreasonable searches and seizures. No warrant to
search any place or to seize any person or things or to access
electronic data or electronic communications shall issue without
describing them, nor, without probable cause, supported by oath or
affirmation. The provisions of this section shall not be construed
to bar from evidence in any criminal proceeding any narcotic drug,
firearm, bomb, explosive or any other dangerous weapon, seized by a
peace officer outside the curtilage of any dwelling house in this
state.
Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be
submitted to the people of the state at the next general election
in the manner provided by law.
