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Committee corrects parental-consent rule to allow public-event recordings of students; bill recommended unanimously
Summary
House Bill 32 to clarify where government entities may record children at public events was recommended do pass by the committee on a 98-0 vote; sponsors said the bill remedies an unintended restriction from a 2023 parental-rights law that constrained routine filming of school events.
The committee recommended House Bill 32 do pass on second reading, 98-0, adopting language that clarifies when a government entity may make audio or video recordings of children without parental consent.
Sponsor materials and committee discussion said the change responds to an unintended consequence of the 2023 parental-rights law (House…
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