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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

SB 279

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: body cameras on law enforcement officers. (FE)

Data processing — Criminal acts and law enforcement Police

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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

This bill creates requirements for law enforcement agencies that use body

cameras on law enforcement officers, including requirements for agency policies and

training and for the retention and confidentiality of data recorded by the body

cameras.

The bill also provides that if a public authority has custody of data from a body

camera used by a law enforcement agency, that authority is not considered to be the

custodian of that data. For purposes of requests for access to such data, the bill

provides that the law enforcement agency is considered to be the custodian of that

data and the bill directs any other authority that has custody of any such data to deny

access to that data.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Olsen (R) , Stroebel (R) , Testin (R) , Wanggaard (R)

9 cosponsors

Horlacher (R) , Kerkman (R) , Kremer (R) , Kulp (R) , Mursau (R) , R. Brooks (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Skowronski (R) , Thiesfeldt (R)

Full history

  1. Jun 2, 2017 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Testin, Olsen, Stroebel and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Kremer, R. Brooks, Horlacher, Kerkman, Kulp, Mursau, Sanfelippo, Skowronski and Thiesfeldt

  2. Jun 2, 2017 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  3. Oct 12, 2017 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1