Can Police Force You to Open Your Phone?
The general constitutional issue under review is this: does allowing police to force a criminal defendant to provide the passcode for a cell phone violate the Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination?
SB 102: Increased Restrictions on Using Devices While Driving
This bill criminalizes people for sending a text or dialing a phone number while in a stopped car.
HB 160: Punishment for Manipulating a Phone While Driving
This bill punishes drivers for manipulating their cell phone while driving.
HB 101: Punishment for Manipulating a Phone While Driving
This bill punishes drivers for manipulating their cell phone while driving.
HB 438: Prohibiting Self-Incrimination with Biometric Phone Access
This bill prohibits law enforcement from using a person's biometric information, such as a fingerprint of facial scan, to access the person's electronic device.
HB 13: Criminalizing the Holding of a Cell Phone While Driving
This bill criminalizing the holding of a cell phone while driving a vehicle. Utahns may only use voice-enabled phones while driving under this proposal.
HB 64: Unreasonable Restrictions on Cell Phone Use
This bill would prohibit you from making or receiving phone calls while driving unless you only used hands-free technology to do so.
SCOTUS Hearing Cell Phone Surveillance Case
The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a case where the government accessed the past location information of a person without a warrant.
HB63: Reversing Course on Cell Phones While Driving
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U.S. Supreme Court Moves to Protect Cell Phone Data
In a unanimous opinion announced earlier today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that police officers must obtain a warrant to search a cell phone that is seized incident to an arrest. The case stemmed from the 2009 arrest of David...