The record

LegislationLegislation· Oct 2026
S 1574 Passed Senate — in House

Sponsored by Catherine Cortez Masto (D)

Tribal Access to Electronic Evidence Act

Lets tribal courts issue warrants to access stored emails and electronic communications.

Tradeoff

Expands tribal court authority to compel disclosure of electronic records from service providers, matching state and federal court powers. No offsetting costs or revenue implications identified.

What's in it

See official bill text

Passed the Senate by on September 29, 2026 — sitting in the House.

  1. Senate

    Introduced

    (May 1, 2025)

  2. Senate

    Committee on the Judiciary(May 1, 2025)

  3. Senate · Amended

    Senator Cortez Masto's

    Agreed to by (S.Amdt. 6844 · Sep 29, 2026)

    Changes Tribal court warrant wording to require procedures that comply with the Indian Civil Rights Act, and otherwise mostly rewords and reorganizes the same Tribal court additions.

    No individual votes were recorded.

  4. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Sep 29, 2026)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Taken away from the Committee on the Judiciary

    Discharged(Sep 29, 2026)

  6. House

    Received from the Senate

    Received(Oct 5, 2026)