Oklahoma 2023 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB2001 Compare Versions

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28	28	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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30	30	1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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32	32	HOUSE BILL 2001 By: Goodwin
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38	38	AS INTRODUCED
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40	40	An Act relating to criminal procedure; requiring the
41	41	use of audio or audiovisual recording equipment un der
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43	43	modifying recordings; making certain acts unlawful;
44	44	providing penalty; defining term; providing for
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54	54	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
55	55	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
56	56	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 212 of Title 22, unless there is
57	57	created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
58	58	A. Beginning November 1, 202 3, every law enforcement agency in
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60	60	recording equipment shall be required to have its officers use the
61	61	audio or audiovisual recording equipment at all times when
62	62	responding to a call for service or at the initiation of any other
63	63	law enforcement or investigative encounter between officers and
64	64	members of the public.
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91	91	B. Except as required by federal or state law or authorized by
92	92	a policy of the law enforcement agency, no officer of a law
93	93	enforcement agency in this state shall edit, redact, e rase, copy, or
94	94	otherwise alter or distribute in any manner an audio or audiovisual
95	95	recording made by the audio or audiovisual recording eq uipment or
96	96	the data from such recording.
97	97	C. It shall be unlawful for a law enforceme nt officer, with the
98	98	intent to obstruct justice, to fail to turn on, to disable, to turn
99	99	off, or operate audio or audiovisual recording equipment in any
100	100	manner that prevents the creation of evidence. Any law enforcement
101	101	officer who violates the provisions of this subsection shall, upon
102	102	conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor.
103	103	D. As used in this section, "audio or audiovisual recording
104	104	equipment" means an electronic recordi ng device that is capable of
105	105	recording audio or video with sound.
106	106	SECTION 2. This act shall become ef fective November 1, 2023.
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