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State and Local Agency Access to Customer Information from Communication Service Providers - Study G-300

    Senate Concurrent Resolution 54 (Padilla) (2013) directs the Law Revision Commission to make recommendations for reform of the law governing state and local agency access to customer information from communication service providers. The Commission's recommendations are to do all of the following:

    (a) Update statutes to reflect 21st Century mobile and Internet-based technologies.
    (b) Protect customers' constitutional rights, including, but not limited to, the rights of privacy and free speech, and the freedom from unlawful searches and seizures.
    (c) Enable state and local government agencies to protect public safety.
    (d) Clarify the process communications service providers are required to follow in response to requests from state and local agencies for customer information or in order to take action that would affect a customer's service, with a specific description of whether a subpoena, warrant, court order, or other process or documentation is required

    If you have questions or comments on this study, send an e-mail to Sharon Reilly at sreilly@clrc.ca.gov.

Related Material

• Final Recommendation
• Tentative Recommendation
• Commission Decisions (Meeting Minutes)
• Staff Memoranda
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Final Recommendation

• Recommendation -- State and Local Agency Access to Electronic Communications: Notice of Administrative Subpoena (March 2022)

• Report -- State and Local Agency Access to Electronic Communications: Constitutional and Statutory Requirements (August 2015)

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Tentative Recommendations and Other Requests for Comment

• Tentative Recommendation --  State and Local Agency Access to Electronic Communications: Notice of Administrative Subpoena (Sept. 2021) -- Comments Due: 2/14/2022

• Tentative Report --  State and Local Agency Access to Electronic Communications: Constitutional and Statutory Requirements (April 2015) -- Comments Due: 7/10/2015

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Meeting Minutes

• March 17, 2022 Meeting Zoom Teleconference
• September 23, 2021 Meeting Zoom Teleconference
• August 26, 2021 Meeting Zoom Teleconference
• June 24, 2021 Meeting Zoom Teleconference
• October 15, 2020 Meeting Zoom Teleconference
• September 10, 2020 Meeting Zoom Teleconference
• August 13, 2020 Meeting Zoom Teleconference
• July 9, 2020 Meeting Zoom Teleconference
• May 21, 2020 Meeting Zoom Teleconference
• December 10, 2015 Meeting in Los Angeles
• August 7, 2015 Meeting in Los Angeles
• April 9, 2015 Meeting in Sacramento
• February 12, 2015 Meeting in Sacramento
• October 30, 2014 Meeting in Davis
• September 5, 2014 Meeting in Los Angeles
• June 12, 2014 Meeting in Sacramento
• April 10, 2014 Meeting in Sacramento
• February 6, 2014 Meeting in Sacramento

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Staff Memoranda

• Memo 2024-07 -- Notice of Administrative Subpoena (02/05/24)

• Memo 2023-50 -- Notice of Administrative Subpoena (12/12/23)

• Memo 2023-42 -- 2023 Legislative Program (Status Report) (10/5/23)

• Memo 2022-20 -- State and Local Agency Access to Customer Information from Communication Service Providers: Notice of Administrative Subpoena (Draft Recommendation) (03/02/2022)

• Memo 2021-44 -- State and Local Agency Access to Customer Information from Communication Service Providers: Notice of Administrative Subpoena (Draft Tentative Recommendation) (09/16/2021)

• Memo 2021-38 -- State and Local Agency Access to Customer Information from Communication Service Providers: Notice of Administrative Subpoena (07/16/2021)

• Memo 2021-32 -- State and Local Agency Access to Customer Information from Communication Service Providers: Notice of Administrative Subpoena (06/11/2021)

• Memo 2020-54, Supp. 1 -- State and Local Agency Access to Customer Information from Communication Service Providers: Minimization (10/06/2020)

• Memo 2020-55 -- State and Local Agency Access to Customer Information from Communication Service Providers: Notice of Administrative Subpoena (10/01/2020)

• Memo 2020-54 -- State and Local Agency Access to Customer Information from Communication Service Providers: Minimization (09/25/2020)

• Memo 2020-36 -- State and Local Agency Access to Customer Information from Communication Service Providers: Meaning of Interception (07/31/2020)

• Memo 2020-31 -- State and Local Agency Access to Customer Information from Communication Service Providers (Discussion of Issues) (06/29/2020)

• Memo 2020-20 -- State and Local Agency Access to Customer Information from Communication Service Providers (Reactivation of Study) (05/07/2020)

• Memo 2015-51 -- State and Local Agency Access to Customer Information from Communication Service Providers (2015 Legislation and Next Steps) (11/25/2015)

• Memo 2015-31 -- State and Local Agency Access to Customer Information from Communication Service Providers (Public Comment) (07/10/2015)

• Memo 2015-10, Supp. 2 -- State and Local Agency Access to Customer Information from Communication Service Providers: Staff Draft Tentative Report (04/07/2015)

• Memo 2015-10, Supp. 1 -- State and Local Agency Access to Customer Information from Communication Service Providers: Staff Draft Tentative Report (04/06/2015)

• Memo 2015-10 -- State and Local Agency Access to Customer Information from Communication Service Providers: Staff Draft Tentative Report (03/30/2015)

• Memo 2015-3, Supp. 3 -- State and Local Agency Access to Customer Information from Communication Service Providers: General Statutory Objectives (02/12/2015)

• Memo 2015-3, Supp. 2 -- State and Local Agency Access to Customer Information from Communication Service Providers: General Statutory Objectives (02/10/2015)

• Memo 2015-3, Supp. 1 -- State and Local Agency Access to Customer Information from Communication Service Providers: General Statutory Objectives (2/3/15)

• Memo 2015-3 -- State and Local Agency Access to Customer Information from Communication Service Providers: General Statutory Objectives (1/30/15)

• Memo 2014-55, Supp. 1 -- State and Local Agency Access to Customer Information from Communication Service Providers: California Privacy Statutes (12/05/2014)

• Memo 2014-55 -- State and Local Agency Access to Customer Information from Communication Service Providers: California Privacy Statutes (12/01/2014)

• Memo 2014-50 -- State and Local Agency Access to Customer Information from Communication Service Providers: California Wiretap Statute and Related Law (10/01/2014)

• Memo 2014-34 -- State and Local Agency Access to Customer Information from Communication Service Providers: Federal Privacy Statutes (08/26/2014)

• Memo 2014-33 -- State and Local Agency Access to Customer Information from Communication Service Providers: Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (08/21/2014)

• Memo 2014-32 -- State and Local Agency Access to Customer Information from Communication Service Providers: Cell Phone Searches (07/08/2014)

• Memo 2014-31 -- State and Local Agency Access to Customer Information from Communication Service Providers: Scope of Study (06/20/2014)

• Memo 2014-23 -- State and Local Agency Access to Customer Information from Communication Service Providers: Report of Stanford Law & Public Policy Initiative (06/02/2014)

• Memo 2014-22 -- State and Local Agency Access to Customer Information from Communication Service Providers: Constitutional Issues - Free Expression and Association (05/28/2014)

• Memo 2014-21 -- State and Local Agency Access to Customer Information from Communication Service Providers: Constitutional Issues - Privacy (05/12/2014)

• Memo 2014-13 -- State and Local Agency Access to Customer Information from Communication Service Providers: Constitutional Issues (03/28/2014)

• Memo 2014-5, Supp. 1 -- State and Local Agency Access to Customer Information from Communication Service Providers (Material Received at Meeting) (02/06/2014)

• Memo 2014-5 -- State and Local Agency Access to Customer Information from Communication Service Providers (Introduction of Study) (01/17/2014)

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