BILL NUMBER: SB 467	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Leno

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act relating to privacy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 467, as introduced, Leno. Privacy: electronic communications:
warrant.
   Existing law authorizes a court or magistrate to issue a warrant
for the search of a place and the seizure of property or things
identified in the warrant where there is probable cause to believe
that specified grounds exist. Existing law also provides for a
warrant procedure for the acquisition of stored communications in the
possession of a provider of electronic communication service or
remote computing service.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation prohibiting a government entity from obtaining the
contents of a wire or electronic communication from a provider of
electronic communication service or remote computing service that is
stored, held, or maintained by that service without a valid search
warrant.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation prohibiting a government entity from obtaining the
contents of a wire or electronic communication from a provider of
electronic communication service or remote computing service that is
stored, held, or maintained by that service without a valid search
warrant.