SB 852 — Search warrants; menstrual health data prohibited, definition.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENGROSSED 23102370D ISENATE Offered January 11, 2023 N Prefiled December 29, 2022 A BILL toNO. amend and reenact § 19.2-53 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 5 of Title 19.2 a section numbered 19.2-60.2, relating to search warrants;R menstrual health data prohibited.

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menstrual health data prohibited.

–––––––––– Patrons Prior to Engrossment––Senators Favola, Barker, Bell, Boysko, Deeds, Ebbin, Edwards, HasEmi, Howell, Locke, Lucas, Marsden, McClellan, McPike, Saslaw and Surovell;

Seibold, Kory and Shin UN Referred to Committee on the Judiciary G –––––––––– CR Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

E 1.

That § 19.2-53 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Chapter 5 of Title 19.2 a section numbered 19.2-60.2 as follows:

D A.

Search warrants may be issued for the search of or for specified places, things or persons, and seizure therefrom of the following things as specified in the warrant:

WeaponsThat or§ other19.2-53 objectsof usedthe inCode of Virginia is amended and reenacted and that the commissionCode of crime;Virginia is amended by adding in Chapter 5 of Title 19.2 a section numbered 19.2-60.2 as follows:

2.S § 19.2-53.

What may be searched and seized.

A.

Search warrants may be issued for the search of or for specified places, things or personS, and sei1.

Weapons or other objects used in the commission of crime;arrant:

E 2.

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Any object, thing, or person, including without limitation, documents, books, papers, records or bod5.body fluids, constituting evidence of the commission of crime;

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B Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter to the contrary, no search warrant may be issued as aB. substitute for a witness subpoena.

2Any B.search warrant issued for the search and seizure of a computer, computer network, or other device containing electronic or digital information shall be deemed to include the search and sSizure of the physical components and the electronic or digital information contained in any such computer, computer network, or other device, except information for which a search warrant is prohibited 5y § 19.2-60.2.

AnyE search warrant issued for the search and seizure of a computer, computer network, or other device containing electronic or digital information shall be deemed to include the search and seizure of the physical components and the electronic or digital information contained in any such computer, § 19.2-60.2.work, or other device, except information for which a search warrant is prohibited by C.

Any search, including the search of the contents of any computer, computer network, or other device conducted pursuant to subsection B, may be conducted in any location and is not limited to the location: where the evidence was seized.

§33 loc§ 19.2-60.2.

Issuance of search warrant for information related to menstrual health data :34 prohibited.

34/ prohibited.35 No search warrant shall be issued for the search and seizure of [ menstrual health data stored on ] 36 a computer, computer network, or other device containing electronic or digital information [ related to 37 menstrual health data ] .

36For otherthe devicepurposes containingof electronicthis section, "menstrual health data" means any information, recorded in any form or digitalmedium, informationthat relatedis created or received by an entity that relates to or is used to determine, predict, or estimate the past, present, or future menstrual health data.[ or menstrual status ] of an individual.

For the 37 purposes of this section, "menstrual health data" means any information, recorded in any form or 38 medium, that is created or received by an entity that relates to or is used to determine, predict, or estimate the past, present, or future menstrual health of an individual.