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 I

 

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 twenty-fifth day of June, two thousand twenty, the foregoing joint resolution was agreed to by the Senate, by two-thirds vote of all the Senators elected and serving.

Secretary of the Senate

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I hereby certify that on the twenty-fifth day of June, two thousand twenty, the foregoing joint resolution was agreed to by the House of Representatives, by two-thirds vote of all the Representatives elected and serving.

Clerk of the House of Representatives