SB 601: LAW ENFORCEMENT; WARRANTS; SEARCHES; PRIVATE PROPERTY
- Session Year: 2025-2026
- House: Senate
- Latest Version Date: 2025-04-23
Current Status:
In Progress
(2025-06-30: Act 245, on 06/30/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1348).)
Introduced
First Committee Review
First Chamber
Second Committee Review
Second Chamber
Final Decking
Enacted
Requires law enforcement to post notice that a warranted or warrantless search has been conducted on a property. Requires a law enforcement officer to secure any entrance used by an officer in the search. Requires law enforcement agencies to develop a policy for securing the entrances to a house, store, or other building designated as a place to be searched after a search is completed. Allows the breaking of any doors, gates, other bars to the entrance, closets, and other closed places during a search when reasonable and other means of entering the space are not reasonable. (CD1)
Discussed in Hearing