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This bill proposes a constitutional amendment to update Minnesota's protections against unreasonable searches and seizures by explicitly extending these rights to electronic communications and data. Specifically, the amendment would modify Article I, Section 10 of the Minnesota Constitution to include "electronic communications and data" alongside existing protections for persons, houses, papers, and effects. The proposed language would require that warrants for accessing electronic communications and data must still meet the existing standard of being based on probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and must precisely describe the electronic communications or data to be accessed. If approved by voters in the 2026 general election, this amendment would provide constitutional protection against government intrusion into digital privacy, ensuring that electronic information receives the same level of legal protection as physical property. The amendment would be submitted to voters with a ballot question asking whether they support securing electronic communications and data from unreasonable searches and seizures in the same manner as other personal property.

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https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF0707&ssn=0&y=2025