No-knock search warrants. (FE)

What it would have done

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill requires each law enforcement agency to develop a policy on when to request and when to execute a no-knock warrant and to submit the policy to the Department of Justice (DOJ).

Under current law, a law enforcement officer executing a search warrant must knock before entering a building unless, at the time the warrant is executed, the law enforcement officer has a reasonable suspicion that knocking and announcing will be dangerous or futile or will inhibit the effective investigation of the crime. This bill requires each law enforcement agency to submit to DOJ a written policy on the circumstances under which a law enforcement officer may request a search warrant allowing a no-knock entry and under which a law enforcement officer may execute a no-knock entry if the warrant does not specifically permit such an entry. This bill also requires each law enforcement agency to submit to DOJ a report detailing the following: 1) the number of search warrants executed without knocking, whether or not the search warrant specifically authorized such entry; 2) the number of search warrants issued that specifically authorized entry without knocking; 3) the number of search warrants issued that did not specifically authorize entry without knocking;

Who's behind it

18 lawmakers are its authors⁠. 14 are Republicans and 4 are Democrats.

2 more lawmakers signed on in support⁠.