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Bills · 2009-2010 Regular Session

AB 612

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access to audio recordings of 911 calls.

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a requester of a public record that is in the form of a

comprehensible audio tape recording has the right to receive a copy of the recording

substantially as audible as the original, except as otherwise provided under

statutory or common law, and except that the custodian of the recording may

withhold access under a "balancing test" that weighs the public interest in

withholding access against the strong public interest in providing access. This bill

creates another exception for 911 calls. Under the bill, subject to the exceptions

under current law, a requester has the right to inspect and copy a transcript of a 911

call, but does not have the right to inspect or copy an audio recording of a 911 call.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bies (R) , Sinicki (D) , Vruwink (D) , Zepnick (D)

1 cosponsors

Taylor (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Personal Privacy, Ayes 5, Noes 1

Passed 5–1 Feb 22, 2010 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Read a third time and passed, Ayes 67, Noes 30

Passed 67–30 Apr 15, 2010 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Dec 11, 2009 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Vruwink, Sinicki, Zepnick and Bies;Cosponsored by Senator Taylor

  2. Dec 11, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Personal Privacy

  3. Feb 4, 2010 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 16, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representatives Vruwink and Schneider

  5. Feb 22, 2010 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Personal Privacy, Ayes 5, Noes 1

  6. Feb 22, 2010 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Personal Privacy, Ayes 4, Noes 2

  7. Feb 22, 2010 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Apr 13, 2010 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:19 A.M. on 4-15-2010 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 22

  9. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  10. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  11. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 67, Noes 30

  12. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  13. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  14. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 adopted

  15. Apr 16, 2010 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  16. Apr 16, 2010 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue

  17. Apr 28, 2010 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1