Bipartisan Bill Would Give Tribal Courts Power to Access Digital Evidence for Criminal Investigations
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No action since May 2025
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Scores run from -100 (strongly harmful) to +100 (strongly beneficial) for each group, combining impact, certainty, scope, and duration ratings of 1-5. How impact scoring works
People involved in criminal cases in Tribal court — whether as defendants or victims — would be affected by this change. Defendants would face a court system with stronger investigative tools, meaning digital evidence could be obtained faster and used against them. At the same time, the bill requires Tribal courts to follow Indian Civil Rights Act warrant procedures, providing civil liberties protections similar to those in state and federal courts.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Introduced in Senate
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Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Tribal Access to Electronic Evidence Act
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