Bill Text: CA SB195 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Senate Bill 195 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Peace officers: body-worn cameras.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2016-02-01 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB195 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB195-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: SB 195	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Anderson

                        FEBRUARY 10, 2015

   An act to relating to peace officers.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 195, as introduced, Anderson. Peace officers: body-worn
cameras.
   Existing law makes it a crime to intentionally record a defined
confidential communication without the consent of all parties to the
communication. Existing law exempts specified peace officers from
that provision if they are acting within the scope of their
authority, under designated circumstances.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that protects the privacy of individuals recorded by
body-worn cameras utilized by law enforcement officers and the
privacy of law enforcement officers wearing body-worn cameras.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that protects the privacy of individuals recorded by
body-worn cameras utilized by law enforcement officers and the
privacy of law enforcement officers wearing body-worn cameras.