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Senate passes bill barring pay-to-remove use of booking photos; sponsor cites privacy and extortion risk
Summary
HB 408 bars using booking photographs on websites or in publications when removal requires payment, a practice sponsors described as a form of extortion. The Senate approved the bill after brief floor debate and will send it to the House for further consideration.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Senate on March 14 passed House Bill 408, a measure intended to prevent commercial exploitation of criminal booking photographs.
Sen. Thatcher said the bill "prevents a booking photograph from being used to generate money by extorting that person into paying you money, or you'll publish their face and claim that…
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