The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to hold a hearing Wednesday morning on the standards that law enforcement agencies must meet to search electronic records and messages.

The committee will consider reforms to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, which sets the bar that law enforcement agencies must meet to obtain warrants to snoop through digital property. The law, passed in 1986, governs search warrant requirements but has not been updated to reflect modern technology. Critics say that has allowed law enforcement to circumvent due process for virtual searches.