HR 1126
99th Congress
House
Law
Courts and Civil Procedure
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Evidence (Law)
Exclusionary rule (Evidence)
Searches and seizures
A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to reform the fourth amendment exclusionary rule.
Introduced: February 19, 1985
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 6, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Justice.
Feb 19, 1985
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Feb 19, 1985
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Federal criminal code to provide that evidence obtained by a search or seizure shall not be excluded in a Federal proceeding if the seizure was undertaken in a reasonable, good faith belief in its conformity with the fourth amendment to the Constitution.
Provides that evidence obtained in accordance with a warrant is prima facie evidence of good faith, absent intentional and material misrepresentation.
What's happening now
Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Justice.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1