US Congress House Concurrent Resolution 41 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-0)
Status: Introduced on April 23 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-04-23 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expressing the sense of Congress that the people of the United States have the Constitutional right to record law enforcement authorities, and they have the full protection of the law to the possession of the recording devices, and full protection of the law regarding data saved on the recording devices. Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) U.S. citizens and residents have the Constitutional right to record law enforcement officers in a public place and shall be required to give up possession of a recording device used to do so based only upon the individual's consent or a warrant based on probable cause; (2) law enforcement officers shall safeguard data stored on any recording device seized from an individual and the destruction of such data is a violation of federal law; and (3) no data stored on a recording device seized from an individual may be received in evidence in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding unless collected pursuant to a warrant based on probable cause or where an exception to the warrant requirement applies.

Expressing the sense of Congress that the people of the United States have the Constitutional right to record law enforcement authorities, and they have the full protection of the law to the possession of the recording devices, and full protection of the law regarding data saved on the recording devices.

Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]
Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]
Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-04-23	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2015-04-23	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/41/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hconres41/BILLS-114hconres41ih.pdf