Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB10 Compare Versions

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3	3	HB10
4	4	QVRU155-1
5	5	By Representative Givan
6	6	RFD: Public Safety and Homeland Security
7	7	First Read: 04-Feb-25
8	8	PFD: 08-Jul-24
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14	14	6 QVRU155-1 05/22/2024 CNB (L)bm 2024-1867
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17	17	SYNOPSIS:
18	18	Under existing law, a recording made by a
19	19	body-worn camera or dashboard camera used by law
20	20	enforcement agencies may only be disclosed to an
21	21	individual or personal representative of an individual
22	22	whose image or voice is the subject of the recording.
23	23	Under existing law, a law enforcement agency may
24	24	choose not to disclose a recording if the disclosure
25	25	would affect an ongoing active law enforcement
26	26	investigation or prosecution.
27	27	This bill would provide that during an ongoing
28	28	active law enforcement investigation or prosecution,
29	29	the disclosure of the recording may not be delayed
30	30	unless the disclosure would substantially interfere
31	31	with the investigation or prosecution.
32	32	This bill would require the agency to
33	33	periodically reassess the withholding and notify the
34	34	requestor of the status of the disclosure, including
35	35	the specific basis for the withholding.
36	36	Under no circumstances may a disclosure be
37	37	delayed more than six months from the date of the
38	38	request.
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68	68	A BILL
69	69	TO BE ENTITLED
70	70	AN ACT
71	71	Relating to law enforcement agency recordings; to amend
72	72	Section 36-21-213, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide that
73	73	during an ongoing active law enforcement investigation or
74	74	prosecution, a law enforcement agency may only delay the
75	75	disclosure of a body-worn or dashboard recording under certain
76	76	circumstances and for a limited period of time.
77	77	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
78	78	Section 1. Section 36-21-213, Code of Alabama 1975, is
79	79	amended to read as follows:
80	80	"§36-21-213
81	81	(a) Upon receipt of the written request for disclosure,
82	82	as promptly as possible, the custodial law enforcement agency
83	83	shall do either of the following:
84	84	(1) Disclose the portion of the recording relevant to
85	85	the individual's request.
86	86	(2)a. Notify the requestor of the custodial law
87	87	enforcement agency's decision not to disclose the recording
88	88	pursuant to the conditions in this paragraph . A custodial law
89	89	enforcement agency may choose to not disclose the During an
90	90	active investigation or prosecution, a recording if the
91	91	disclosure may only be delayed if the disclosure would affect
92	92	ansubstantially interfere with the ongoing active law
93	93	enforcement investigation or prosecution. If a custodial law
94	94	enforcement agency delays disclosure pursuant to this
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124	124	enforcement agency delays disclosure pursuant to this
125	125	subdivision, the agency shall provide in writing to the
126	126	requestor the specific basis for the agency's determination
127	127	that disclosure would substantially interfere with an ongoing
128	128	active law enforcement investigation or prosecution and the
129	129	estimated date for disclosure.
130	130	b. If at the end of 30 days, the agency determines that
131	131	disclosure would continue to substantially interfere with the
132	132	ongoing investigation or prosecution, the agency may continue
133	133	to delay the disclosure of the recording for a period not to
134	134	exceed a total of six months from the date of the request.
135	135	However, the agency must reassess the necessity of the delay
136	136	every 30 days and notify the requestor the basis for the
137	137	continued delay.
138	138	c. Under no circumstances may a disclosure be delayed
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140	140	d. A recording withheld by the agency shall be
141	141	disclosed promptly when the specific basis for withholding is
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143	143	(b) A custodial law enforcement agency may charge a
144	144	reasonable fee for redaction and editing of a recording.
145	145	Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
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