(1) Existing law, the California Public Records Act, requires that public records, as defined, be available to the public for inspection and made promptly available to any person. Existing law generally makes records of investigations conducted by any state or local police agency exempt from these requirements, except that a video or audio recording that relates to a critical incident, as defined, may only be withheld temporarily under specified circumstances. If disclosure of a recording would violate the reasonable expectation of privacy of a subject of the recording that cannot be adequately protected through redaction, existing law requires the recording to be disclosed, upon request, to the subject of the recording whose privacy is to be protected. If disclosure to the person whose privacy is to be protected would substantially interfere with a criminal or administrative investigation, existing law requires the agency to provide the requester with the specific basis for making that determination. Under these circumstances, existing law purports to require the agency to provide the video or audio recording and allows the agency to withhold the recording for 45 days, subject to extensions.
California SB 94 (20192020) — Public Safety: omnibus.
(1) Existing law, the California Public Records Act, requires that public records, as defined, be available to the public for inspection and made promptly available to any person. Existing law generally makes records of investigations conducted by any state or local police agency exempt from these requirements, except that a video or audio recording that relates to a critical incident, as defined, may only be withheld temporarily under specified circumstances. If disclosure of a recording would violate the reasonable expectation of privacy of a subject of the recording that cannot be adequately protected through redaction, existing law requires the recording to be disclosed, upon request, to the subject of the recording whose privacy is to be protected. If disclosure to the person whose privacy is to be protected would substantially interfere with a criminal or administrative investigation, existing law requires the agency to provide the requester with the specific basis for making that determination. Under these circumstances, existing law purports to require the agency to provide the video or audio recording and allows the agency to withhold the recording for 45 days, subject to extensions.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Unfinished Business SB94 B. & F.R. (Mitchell) Concurrence — 34–3 (pass) · upper
SB 94 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By TING — 59–17 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-01-10 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2019-01-11 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.
2019-01-24 Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. referral-committee
2019-04-08 Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 582.)
2019-04-08 Ordered to second reading.
2019-04-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-04-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 669.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-04-11 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2019-05-02 Referred to Com. on BUDGET. referral-committee
2019-06-11 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-06-13 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
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