HB 4229 Summary

• Law enforcement officers who carry firearms or electro-muscular disruption devices and wear uniforms must wear body-worn cameras and record while on duty, with limited exceptions for personal matters and non-exigent residential entries.

• Body-worn camera recordings must be retained for 2 weeks minimum, or 3 years if involving use of force, detention/arrest, complaints against officers, or pending requests.

• Prohibits use of facial recognition technology on body-worn camera recordings without a court-issued warrant.

• Individuals appearing in recordings—including subjects, property owners, parents, guardians, and their attorneys—may request copies of recordings and request retention beyond the standard 2-week period.

• Missing required recordings create a legal presumption in criminal or civil proceedings that the recording would support the defendant or opposing party's account of facts; state police must reimburse local agencies for reasonable implementation costs.