H.Con.Res. 41: Expressing the sense of Congress that the people of the United States have the Constitutional right to record law enforcement authorities, and they have the full protection of the law to the possession of the recording devices, and full protection of the law regarding data saved on the recording devices.

H.Con.Res. 41: Expressing the sense of Congress that the people of the United States have the Constitutional right to record law enforcement authorities, and they have the full protection of the law to the possession of the recording devices, and full protection of the law regarding data saved on the recording devices.

114th Congress · introduced 2015-04-23 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-04-23 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-44] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Expressing the sense of Congress that the people of the United States have the Constitutional right to record law enforcement authorities, and they have the full protection of the law to the possession of the recording devices, and full protection of the law regarding data saved on the recording devices.

Plain summary

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) U.S. citizens and residents have the Constitutional right to record law enforcement officers in a public place and shall be required to give up possession of a recording device used to do so based only upon the individual's consent or a warrant based on probable cause; (2) law enforcement officers shall safeguard data stored on any recording device seized from an individual and the destruction of such data is a violation of federal law; and (3) no data stored on a recording device seized from an individual may be received in evidence in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding unless collected pursuant to a warrant based on probable cause or where an exception to the warrant requirement applies.

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Official text

Expressing the sense of Congress that the people of the United States have the Constitutional right to record law enforcement authorities, and they have the full protection of the law to the possession of the recording devices, and full protection of the law regarding data saved on the recording devices.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-44] · 27 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN)

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Words on this page, explained (2)

Resolution: A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.
Roll-call vote: A vote where each member's position is recorded by name, so the public can see how every member voted. "Yea" means yes, "Nay" means no, "Present" means the member was there but did not take a side.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hconres41.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hconres>

Record fed-us-cong114-hconres41 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114