HB 1080 allows law enforcement and corrections agencies to charge for the cost of redactions
or edits to portions of body and dash camera footage if a public records request for the video is made by a party to a criminal or civil case concerning the recorded incident.
Currently, defense attorneys will often request law enforcement body worn camera footage for a legal case through both a discovery process and the Public Records Act. Footage provided through the discovery process is unredacted while footage requested
through the Public Records Act must be redacted. This law would allow city staff to at least recoup the cost of providing the redacted video footage.
The bill has been referred to the Senate Law & Justice Committee for consideration.