Michigan House Delays Vote On Police Cell Phone Location Data

LANSING (AP) - The state House is delaying voting on a bill that would require wireless carriers to share cell phone location information with law enforcement during emergencies.

The House was expected to vote on the bill Thursday, but Tea Party groups expressed concerns the legislation would lead to so-called warrantless wiretapping.

The bill would eliminate the need for a search warrant and limit applicable emergencies to those where there's serious risk of death or physical harm.

The proposed legislation is based on Kelsey's Law, which was prompted by the killing of a woman in Kansas in 2007. It reportedly took several days for Kelsey Smith's cell phone carrier to release location data from her phone to law enforcement after she was abducted.

Her body was located within an hour after the information was released.

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