House Bill 5739

To expand the scope of the state's child pornography laws to include computer or electronically generated images or pictures; revise the penal code provisions for child pornography to prohibit the manufacture or distribution of child pornography; update wiretap and eavesdropping definitions to address interception of electronic communications; expand the list of offenses for which a wiretap order can be obtained to include manufacturing, distributing, importing or possessing child pornography or computer crime; include a provisions authorizing wiretaps without an order when there are exigent circumstances involving an immediate danger of death or serious physical injury provided than within forty-eight hours of the interception an order is obtained; authorize administrative subpoenas for Internet subscriber information and search warrants for content information; and provide for the issuance of orders by a state court for pen register (device recording numbers dialed and number of calls received), trap and trace (device recording incoming numbers) and mobile tracking device surveillance in accordance with federal law.

In the House of Representatives

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In the House of Representatives Mar 13 – Mar 25

1. Mar 13Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
2. Mar 14Heard in Judiciary Committee
3. Mar 25Judiciary Committee took no action on it