The Maine legislature is set to pass what would be a first-in-the-nation bill requiring law enforcement to obtain a warrant prior to accessing an individual’s cellphone location history, The Portland Press Herald reports. Following last week’s vote by the Senate, the House voted 113-28 on Wednesday in favor of the bill. If passed, the bill would require the warrants with exceptions for emergencies such as bodily harm and would require police to notify individuals within three days that their data has been accessed. LD 415 now goes back to the Senate for enactment.
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