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Senate circles child interview bill after parents raise access and privacy concerns
Summary
First substitute SB88, which clarifies access to Children’s Justice Center interview recordings and creates a judicial petition route for parents to view recordings on good cause, was circled after senators expressed concerns that the bill still imposed hurdles for parents not under suspicion.
Senators circled first substitute Senate Bill 88 after extended floor discussion about parental access to recordings made at Children's Justice Centers.
Sponsor Senator Okerlund presented SB88 as a clarifying measure: it authorizes additional officials (administrative law judges, Department of Human Services investigators, prosecutors and certain investigators) access to recorded interviews and explicitly allows a parent or guardian to petition a juvenile or district court for an order permitting review of a recording…
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