An Act To Establish the Maine Fourth Amendment Protection Act

Sec. 1. 15 MRSA c. 100-A  is enacted to read:

CHAPTER 100-A

MAINE FOURTH AMENDMENT PROTECTION ACT

§ 671.  Short title

This chapter may be known and cited as "the Maine Fourth Amendment Protection Act."

§ 672.  Prohibition on assistance to federal agencies engaged in collection of electronic data or metadata

The State and its political subdivisions may not assist, participate with or provide material support or resources to enable or facilitate a federal agency in the collection or use of a person's electronic data or metadata without:

summary

This bill prohibits the State and its political subdivisions from assisting, participating with or providing material support or resources to enable or facilitate a federal agency in the collection or use of a person's electronic data or metadata without the person's informed consent, without a warrant based upon probable cause that particularly describes the person, place or thing to be searched or seized or without acting in accordance with a legally recognized exception to the warrant requirements.