CA SB1300

Requires electronic recording of entire custodial interrogations of adults and juveniles suspected of serious or violent felonies in fixed places of detention.

Establishes exceptions to recording requirement including exigent circumstances, suspect refusal, out-of-jurisdiction interrogations, equipment malfunction, and safety concerns for confidential informants or individuals.

Requires prosecution to prove by clear and convincing evidence that an exception applies when interrogation is not recorded; unrecorded statements may be admitted only if prosecution proves voluntariness and exception applicability by clear and convincing evidence.

Mandates Judicial Council develop jury instructions explaining consequences of unrecorded interrogations and requires courts to provide cautionary instructions to juries when unrecorded statements are admitted.

Requires interrogating entities to maintain original or exact copy of recordings until conviction is final and all appeals exhausted; establishes monitoring requirements by Judicial Council and Department of Justice to track compliance patterns.