Bill Title
To regulate monitoring of electronic communications between an incarcerated person in a Bureau of Prisons facility and that person's attorney or other legal representative, and for other purposes.
Committees
Senate Judiciary Committee
Bill Summary
Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act This bill prohibits the Department of Justice from monitoring the contents of a privileged electronic communication between an incarcerated person and his or her legal representative.
Bill
Sponsor
Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Date
Feb. 24, 2021
Question
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
Vote Type
2/3 YEA-AND-NAY
Result
Passed
Description
Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act