Bill Text: AZ SB1195 | 2015 | Fifty-second Legislature 1st Regular | Engrossed


Bill Title: Searches; electronic devices; biometrics; warrants

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-03-12 - Referred to House RULES Committee [SB1195 Detail]

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Senate Engrossed

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-second Legislature

First Regular Session

2015

 

 

SENATE BILL 1195

 

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 13, chapter 38, article 9, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 13‑3932; relating to prohibited searches.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Title 13, chapter 38, article 9, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 13-3932, to read:

START_STATUTE13-3932.  Search of electronic devices; biometric identifier; search warrant requirement; definition

A.  Except for exigent circumstances, a person who is detained or arrested and who possesses an electronic device that requires a biometric identifier to access the device is not required to provide the biometric identifier to access the device unless a valid search warrant has been issued for the biometric identifier.

B.  For the purposes of this section, "biometric identifier" includes a fingerprint, palm veins, face recognition, deoxyribonucleic acid, palm print, hand geometry, iris recognition and retina. END_STATUTE

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