Bill Text: MI SJRG | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Criminal procedure: warrants; search and seizure protections; expand to include search and seizure of electronic communications and data. Amends sec. 11, art. I to the state constitution.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2020-06-30 - Filed With Secretary Of State 06/30/2020 11:00 Am [SJRG Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-SJRG-Enrolled.html
state of michigan
100th Legislature
Regular session of 2020
Introduced by Senators Runestad, Lucido, Barrett, Bumstead, Johnson, Victory, Zorn, MacDonald, McBroom, Irwin, Bullock, Hertel, McMorrow, Lauwers, Horn, Outman, Wojno, LaSata, Alexander, Moss, Santana, Bayer, Polehanki, Brinks, Ananich, Hollier, Nesbitt and MacGregor
ENROLLED SENATE
JOINT RESOLUTION G
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
Sec.
11. The person, houses, papers, possessions, 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.
I hereby certify that on the
Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that on the
Clerk of the House of Representatives