House Bill 1225 Summary

• Urges the legislative council to assign a study committee during the 2015 legislative interim to examine public records requests for police body camera video and audio recordings.

• Directs the study committee to evaluate whether additional exemptions are needed in Indiana's open records law (IC 5-14-3) to protect private information captured on body camera video, including interiors of private homes, medical information, juveniles, witnesses, and victims.

• Requires the committee to consider restricting the scope and size of public records requests for police body camera video, limiting which persons and agencies may obtain such video, and defining permitted uses.

• Mandates the committee to examine public agencies' ability to search, redact, and edit body camera video to remove nondisclosable information.

• Requires the committee to submit a final report with findings and recommendations to the legislative council by November 1, 2015; the bill expires December 31, 2015.