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Sen. Hicks Hudson opens hearing on bill to bar law-enforcement fees for videos depicting individuals
Summary
Sen. Hicks Hudson, the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, gave sponsor testimony at the committee’s hearing on Senate Bill 123, which would prohibit law-enforcement agencies from charging fees to prepare or produce video records when the requester is an individual known or presumed to be depicted in the video or a close representative such as a spouse or parent.
Sen. Hicks Hudson, the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, gave sponsor testimony at the committee’s hearing on Senate Bill 123, which would prohibit law-enforcement agencies from charging fees to prepare or produce video records when the requester is an individual known or presumed to be depicted in the video or a close representative such as a spouse or parent.
Hudson told the committee the bill is intended to limit the financial burden on people appearing in government-produced video footage and to correct an unintended consequence from recent legislation. "This bill would prohibit law enforcement from charging fees... The senate bill 123 prohibits a video record for…
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