HR 7491
Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act
Summary
Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act This bill prohibits the Department of Justice from monitoring the contents of a privileged electronic communication between an incarcerated person and his or her legal representative.
Bill status
- Status
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA-4]
- Cosponsors
- 3
- Policy area
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Introduced
- 2026-02-11
- Latest action
- 2026-02-11: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2026-02-11: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2026-02-11: Introduced in House
- 2026-02-11: Introduced in House