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Ohio committee hears sponsor testimony to limit police charges for videos depicting individuals
Summary
Sponsor testimony on Senate Bill 123 argued the bill would bar law enforcement from charging fees to produce or redact video records when the requester is the person depicted or their representative, citing unintended consequences from last session’s House Bill 315.
Senator Hicks Hudson, the ranking member, told the Ohio Senate Judiciary Committee during the first hearing on Senate Bill 123 that the bill would stop law enforcement agencies from charging fees to prepare certain video records when the requester is an individual depicted in the video or a close representative.
Hudson said the change responds to language inserted at the end of last year’s legislative session under House Bill 315. "This was to authorize a law enforcement agency to charge any…
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