AN ACT ALLOWING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TO REQUEST CONSENT TO SEARCH PERSONS AND MOTOR VEHICLES.

HB 6641 restores the ability for law enforcement officers to ask individuals for permission to search their person or vehicle. The bill amends statutes to repeal prior restrictions (from public acts 20-1 and 21-33) that had limited this practice and removes a repealed section (54-33o). It directly affects law enforcement officials during traffic stops or encounters and the people they interact with. The change returns to a prior standard where consent-based searches could be requested, without altering the legal requirements for searches conducted without consent.