Bill
SF 1120
Minnesota bill prohibits law enforcement from obtaining reverse-location data to identify people in specific areas without a prior suspect identification.
SF 1120 prohibits government entities in Minnesota from requesting or obtaining reverse-location information—data that identifies individuals based on their physical location rather than a specific suspect or device. The bill restricts law enforcement and other state agencies from using geofencing warrants, cell-site location information queries, and similar bulk location surveillance tools without identifying a specific person first.
Reverse-location searches allow authorities to identify all people in a geographic area during a specific time, raising significant privacy concerns in an era of pervasive location tracking through mobile devices. The bill addresses growing tensions between law enforcement investigative tools and citizens' Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches, affecting how millions of Minnesotans' movements are tracked and analyzed.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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