Bill Text: CT SB00790 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Unauthorized Transmission Of Crime Or Accident Scene Photographs Or Videos.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-25 - Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary [SB00790 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-SB00790-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 790
January Session, 2011		LCO No. 2146
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
SEN. STILLMAN, 20th Dist. REP. RITTER E., 38th Dist. SEN. PRAGUE, 19th Dist. SEN. MAYNARD, 18th Dist. REP. HEWETT, 39th Dist. REP. RYAN, 139th Dist.			REP. JUTILA, 37th Dist. REP. WRIGHT E., 41st Dist. REP. MIKUTEL, 45th Dist. REP. OLSON, 46th Dist. REP. URBAN, 43rd Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING UNAUTHORIZED TRANSMISSION OF CRIME OR ACCIDENT SCENE PHOTOGRAPHS OR VIDEOS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to prohibit first responders from using personal devices to take crime or accident scene photographs or video recordings and transmitting them to private individuals.

Statement of Purpose:

To enact "Joshua's Law" to protect the privacy rights of the families of deceased victims of crimes or accidents.