S. 3850
119th Congress
Senate
Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act
Official title: A bill to regulate monitoring of electronic communications between an incarcerated person in a Bureau of Prisons facility and that person's attorney or other l… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: A bill 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.
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To President
Became law
Feb 11, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 11, 2026
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3850: Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3850/
"S. 3850: Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3850/.
S. 3850, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3850/.
[S. 3850: Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3850/)