Virginia HB 604: Telecommunications; warrant requirement for records.

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18103489D

HOUSE BILL NO. 604 

Offered January 10, 2018 

Prefiled January 8, 2018 

A BILL to amend and reenact �� 19.2-10.2, 19.2-56, and 
 19.2-70.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to warrant requirement for 
 telecommunications records; location data. 
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Patron-- Carr 

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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That �� 19.2-10.2, 19.2-56, and 19.2-70.3 of the Code of 
 Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:

� 19.2-10.2. Administrative subpoena issued for record from 
 provider of electronic communication service or remote computing service.

A. A provider of electronic communication service or remote 
 computing service that is transacting or has transacted any business in the 
 Commonwealth shall disclose a record or other information pertaining to a 
 subscriber to or customer of such service, excluding the contents of electronic 
 communications and location data 
 as required by � 19.2-70.3, to an attorney for the Commonwealth or the Attorney 
 General pursuant to an administrative subpoena issued under this section.

1. In order to obtain such records or other information, the 
 attorney for the Commonwealth or the Attorney General shall certify on the face 
 of the subpoena that there is reason to believe that the records or other 
 information being sought are relevant to a legitimate law-enforcement 
 investigation concerning violations of �� 18.2-47, 18.2-48, 18.2-49, 18.2-346, 
 18.2-347, 18.2-348, 18.2-349, 18.2-355, 18.2-356, 18.2-357, 18.2-374.1, and 
 18.2-374.1:1, former � 18.2-374.1:2, and � 18.2-374.3.

2. Upon written certification by the attorney for the 
 Commonwealth or the Attorney General that there is a reason to believe that the 
 victim is under the age of 18 and that notification or disclosure of the 
 existence of the subpoena will endanger the life or physical safety of an 
 individual, or lead to flight from prosecution, the destruction of or tampering 
 with evidence, the intimidation of potential witnesses, or otherwise seriously 
 jeopardize an investigation, the subpoena shall include a provision ordering 
 the service provider not to notify or disclose the existence of the subpoena to 
 another person, other than an attorney to obtain legal advice, for a period of 
 30 days after the date on which the service provider responds to the subpoena.

3. On a motion made promptly by the electronic communication 
 service or remote computing service provider, a court of competent jurisdiction 
 may quash or modify the administrative subpoena if the records or other 
 information requested are unusually voluminous in nature or if compliance with 
 the subpoena would otherwise cause an undue burden on the servic