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.

H. Con. Res. 41 · 114th Congress · Apr 23, 2015 · Lineage

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

That it is the sense of Congress that—

(1)

citizens and residents of the United States—

(A)

have the Constitutional right to record law enforcement officers in a public place; and

(B)

shall be required to give up possession of a recording device used to record a law enforcement officer in a public place based only upon consent of the individual 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 an exception to the warrant requirement applies.

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Apr 23, 2015viewing Introduced in House Ms. Hahn (for herself, Mr. Rangel, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Lee, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Nadler, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Loebsack, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Polis, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Lewis, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Deutch, Mr. McDermott, and Mr. Farr) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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