HB 2319
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-fifth Legislature
Second Regular Session
House: MAPS DPA 7-5-0-1
HB 2319: law enforcement activity; recording prohibition
Sponsor: Representative Kavanagh, LD 23
Caucus & COW
Overview
Outlines regulations for a person making a video recording (recording) of a law enforcement
activity (activity).
History
Statute prohibits a person from obstructing governmental operations. A person commits
obstructing governmental operations when the person uses threats or violence to hinder a peace
officer from enforcing the law or acting under official authority. This offense is classified as a class
1 misdemeanor (A.R.S. 13-2402).
Provisions
1. States that it is unlawful for a person to knowingly make a recording within 15 feet of an activity
and without the permission of a law enforcement officer (LEO). (Sec. 1)
2. Directs that for an activity occurring inside a closed structure on private property, a person
authorized to be on the private property may make a video recording of the activity from an
adjacent room that is less than 15 feet away from the activity. (Sec. 1)
3. States a person may not make a video recording of an activity from within 15 feet of an activity
inside a closed structure on private property if the LEO determines the person is interfering
with the activity or that is it not safe to be in the area. (Sec. 1)
4. Asserts these provisions do not establish a right or authorize any person to make a video
recording of an activity. (Sec. 1)
5. Classifies unlawfully recording an activity as a petty offense. (Sec. 1)
6. Classifies failing to comply with LEO verbal warnings regarding recording an activity or if the
person has been previously convicted of unlawfully recording an activity as a class 3
misdemeanor (Sec. 1)
Amendments
Committee on Military Affairs and Public Safety
1. Changes allowed distance for making a video recoding to eight feet.
2. States a person who is the subject of the police contact may make a recording as long as
doing so does not interfere with lawful police actions.
3. Defines law enforcement activity
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