California 2015 2015-2016 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB1671 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/15/2016

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1671INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Gomez JANUARY 15, 2016 An act relating to confidential communications. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1671, as introduced, Gomez. Confidential video communications: disclosure. Existing law, with specified exemptions, makes it a crime to intentionally record a confidential communication without the consent of all parties to the communication. This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to prohibit any person from intentionally video recording a confidential communication, or disclosing or distributing that communication, without obtaining the consent of all parties to the communication. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to prohibit any person from intentionally video recording a confidential communication, or disclosing or distributing that video-recording communication, without obtaining the consent of all parties to the communication.