South Carolina Senate Bill 589 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on February 28 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-28 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend Chapter 1, Title 23 Of The 1976 Code, Relating To Law Enforcement And Public Safety, By Adding Section 23-1-242, To Prohibit The Deletion Or Destruction Of Data From A Body-worn Camera With The Intent To Alter Or Influence A Criminal Action, Criminal Investigation, Internal Police Investigation, Civil Action, Or Potential Civil Action If Notice Is Provided By The Adverse Party, Or If Litigation Is Reasonably Anticipated, To Provide Penalties, And To Provide Exemptions; And To Amend Section 23-1-240(d) And (g), Relating To Policies And Procedures For The Use Of Body-worn Cameras, To Provide For The Circumstances In Which The Policies And Procedures Established By The Agencies Must Include For The Activation Of The Recordings, And To Provide That A Trial Judge May Instruct A Jury That It May Infer Negligence If An Officer Wearing A Body-worn Camera Failed To Produce Video.

Law enforcement and public safety

Sen. Marlon Kimpson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-28	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2019-02-28	Senate	Introduced and read first time

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	1	240	(n/a)	See Bill Text
23	1	242	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0589&session=123&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/589_20190228.htm