Virginia Senate Joint Resolution 302 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 21 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-11 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: Senate Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); general warrants of search or seizure prohibited. Clarifies that the right of the people to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures of their persons, houses, businesses, lands, papers, and effects applies also to communications and stored personal information and data. Furthermore, the requirement that a warrant particularly describe the place to be searched or the persons or things to be seized is extended to communications, personal information, and data to be accessed. The amendment provides that a person's disclosure to another person of his papers, effects, or electronic communications, personal information, or data is not alone a waiver of this right. The amendment also provides that the people shall have remedies of exclusion and actions for damages and other remedies and that defendants shall not enjoy greater immunity than other citizens of the Commonwealth.

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); general warrants of search or seizure prohibited.

Sen. Richard Stuart [R]

2015-01-27 - Senate - Senate: Rereferred from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-11	Senate	Left in Courts of Justice
2015-01-27	Senate	Rereferred to Courts of Justice
2015-01-27	Senate	Rereferred from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N)
2015-01-22	Senate	Assigned to P&E sub: Constitutional Amendments
2015-01-21	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2015-01-21	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 15103613D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+sum+SJ302
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+SJ302+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+S08V0074+SJ0302