MI SB1130

Requires electronic video recording of all child interviews conducted at accredited or accreditable child assessment centers, unless good cause exists such as equipment inoperability or exigent circumstances.

Recording must start at the beginning of the interview and continue without interruption until the interview is completed.

Custodian of videorecorded statements must allow access to and retain recordings according to procedures established under MCL 600.2163a of the Revised Judicature Act.

Failure to record an interview does not prevent forensic interviewers, interviewed individuals, or witnesses from testifying in court about the interview if the testimony is otherwise admissible.

Takes effect 180 days after enactment, contingent upon passage of Senate Bills 1128 and 1129.