
Flagged Bill – HB 57: Electronic Information or Data Privacy; Representative Craig Hall
Last year, Representative Craig Hall (Republican – West Valley) attempted to update Utah’s Constitution in an attempt to add greater protections to our digital documents. He was rebuffed at the time over concerns that an amendment was a step too far that may ultimately bind the justice system from doing its job down the road as new technologies are developed. This year, Hall is back with a statutory change (as opposed to a constitutional change) that ultimately hopes to provide citizens the same 4th Amendment rights he initially set out to protect last year while providing greater flexibility for future...