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Senator Turner Ford wins committee votes to restrict courtroom recordings and media identification in youth cases
Summary
Senator Turner Ford offered two amendments restricting electronic recording and media release of identifying information about children and caretakers in youth-court matters; the committee approved both amendments on voice votes.
Senator Turner Ford offered an amendment to prohibit electronic recording, transmission, videotaping or still photography in youth-court proceedings except upon a written court order for good cause. She described the change as a response to social-media-era concerns about broadcasting sensitive juvenile matters; the amendment was called, and the committee approved it on a voice vote.
She then offered a second amendment to make the media prohibition broader — changing subsection language so that the media "shall not release identifying, or recorded information concerning any child, family member, foster parent, or other caretaker" in public or closed hearings — and that amendment also passed on a voice vote. Chair and other senators discussed First Amendment implications and agreed to consult counsel, but took both provisions into the committee record and approved them as amendments during this session.
