Search warrants.

Existing law allows a search warrant to be issued upon probable cause, supported by affidavit, naming or describing the person to be searched or searched for, and particularly describing the property, thing, or things and the place to be searched. Existing law also specifies the grounds upon which a search warrant may be issued, including, among other grounds, when the property or things to be seized constitute evidence showing that a felony has been committed. Existing law defines the crime of disorderly conduct as including, among other things, actions involving the use of an instrumentality to view the interior of specified rooms with the intent to invade the privacy of individuals, or the use of specified devices to secretly videotape film, photograph, or to record an identifiable person either under or through their clothing, for purposes of viewing the body or undergarments, or in a state of full or partial undress, as specified. Under existing law, these crimes are punishable as misdemeanors. This bill would authorize a search warrant to be issued on the grounds that the property or things to be seized consist of evidence that tends to show that a violation of the above described crime of disorderly conduct has occurred or is occurring. The bill would also make a technical, nonsubstantive change.