Require the federal government to get a warrant before accessing stored emails and other electronic communications, including communications older than 180 days.

Warren Davidson · Ohio · Republican

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introduced the bipartisan Email Privacy Act to update federal privacy law to reflect modern technology and communications. The legislation closes outdated loopholes that allow government agencies to obtain stored electronic communications that are older than 180 days without a warrant

Davidson backed legislation to require warrants for government access to stored emails and other electronic communications, ending the 180-day loophole.

Davidson Introduces Bill to Require Warrants to Access Americans' Emails and Other Electronic Communications | Press Releases | Congressman Warren Davidson
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Evidence

On June 11, 2026, the House failed 198-218 to pass a short-term Section 702 extension, leaving the surveillance fight unresolved and keeping warrant-reform demands on the table.

The June vote shows Congress did not deliver the broader warrant-reform package in the lookback window; the issue remained unsettled.

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US House blocks extension of powerful surveillance law
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In March 2026, Davidson co-sponsored the Government Surveillance Reform Act, a bill that would require warrants for Americans' communications gathered under Section 702 and bar warrantless business-record collection.

Davidson made a concrete legislative push toward the claim, but it was only an introduction and did not by itself accomplish the policy.

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US Lawmakers Move to Kill the FBI’s Warrantless Wiretap Access
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unresolved same_term A for effort

Davidson has not delivered the promised warrant requirement in federal law. The strongest pro-delivery evidence is that he co-sponsored a March 2026 surveillance reform bill that would have imposed warrant protections for some communications, which shows a serious same-term legislative effort. But the broader reform fight was still unresolved as of June 11, 2026, and no enacted change required warrants before the government could access stored emails and older electronic communications. Because he remains in office and the policy outcome is still pending rather than conclusively failed, unresolved is the best fit.

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