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MO SB1061

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/15/2016

Primary Sponsor

Bob Dixon

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Origin

Senate

2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Missouri Sunshine Law sections 610.026 and 610.100 to establish rules for public records access and fees, including allowing agencies to charge actual research time costs for reviewing whether records should be closed

  • Defines "mobile video recorder" as any camera system capable of installation in vehicles or worn/carried by law enforcement personnel, and "mobile video recording" as captured audio, video, and metadata

  • Mobile video recordings made in "nonpublic locations" (dwellings, schools, medical facilities) are authorized to be closed, but persons depicted in recordings, their legal guardians, family members, attorneys, or insurers may obtain complete unedited copies upon written request

  • Courts may order disclosure of mobile video recordings after weighing public benefit against privacy concerns, potential for shame or humiliation, and whether subjects had reasonable expectation of privacy in the location recorded

  • Recipients of nonpublic location recordings must provide 10 days notice to non-law enforcement individuals depicted before displaying or disclosing the recording, allowing those individuals time to seek a court injunction; violation subjects recipients to civil damages

Legislative Description

Modifies provisions of the Sunshine Law, including the mobile video recordings from law enforcement vehicles and body cameras

Last Action

Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

4/14/2016

Committee Referrals

Judiciary And Civil And Criminal Jurisprudence2/22/2016

Full Bill Text

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