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2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 973

AN ACT PERMITTING REDACTION FEES FOR THE DISCLOSURE OF RECORDS CREATED BY POLICE BODY-WORN RECORDING EQUIPMENT OR DASHBOARD CAMERAS UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on March 12, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To authorize a public agency to charge a fee for the redaction of certain records created by police body-worn recording equipment or dashboard cameras as authorized under state or federal law prior to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox

In the House of Representatives

    1 co-sponsor

    Jill Barry

    Its course

    January 22 to March 12, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action12 actions on 8 days

    In the SenateJan 22 to Mar 12 · stopped49 days

    Government Oversight CommitteeJan 22 to Feb 2534 days

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the Senate Jan 22 – Feb 25

    1. Jan 22Introduced and sent to Government Oversight Committee
    2. Feb 5Drafted as a bill by Government Oversight Committee
    3. Feb 6Sent to Government Oversight Committee
    4. Feb 7Heard in Government Oversight Committee
    5. Feb 25Government Oversight Committee recommended it
    All 12 actions, as published
    1. Jan 22REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Jan 30Vote to DraftBoth houses
    3. Feb 5DRAFTED BY COMMITTEEBoth houses
    4. Feb 6REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    5. Feb 7PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    6. Feb 25Joint FavorableBoth houses
    7. Feb 25FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    8. Mar 6REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    9. Mar 12RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    10. Mar 12FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    11. Mar 12SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    12. Mar 12FILE NO.Both houses