REFERENCE TITLE: searches; electronic devices; biometrics; warrants

State of Arizona Senate Fifty-second Legislature First Regular Session 2015

SB 1195

Introduced by Senator Dial

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 13, chapter 38, article 9, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 13‑3932; relating to prohibited searches.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Title 13, chapter 38, article 9, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 13-3932, to read:

START_STATUTE13-3932.  Search of electronic devices; biometric identifier; search warrant requirement; definition

A.  A person who is detained or arrested and who possesses an electronic device that requires a biometric identifier to access the device is not required to provide the biometric identifier to access the device unless a valid search warrant has been issued for the biometric identifier.

B.  For the purposes of this section, "biometric identifier" includes a fingerprint, palm veins, face recognition, deoxyribonucleic acid, palm print, hand geometry, iris recognition and retina. END_STATUTE