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Read. Follow. Verify.California requires law enforcement agencies to update body-worn camera policies for emergency medical redactions by July 2027
Record date · August 31, 2026
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What This Bill Would Do
Senate Bill 691 requires every law enforcement agency with a body-worn camera policy to update it by July 1, 2027. The updated policies must include procedures for emergency service personnel to request the redaction of recordings showing patients undergoing medical or psychological evaluation or treatment, while requiring agencies to maintain unredacted copies.
Local law enforcement agencies must update their operational policies and procedures to handle medical privacy redaction requests from emergency service personnel by July 1, 2027.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
law enforcement agency
Law enforcement agencies must update their body-worn camera policies by July 1, 2027, to include emergency medical redaction procedures and maintain unredacted copies.
emergency service personnel
Emergency service personnel are granted the ability to request the redaction of evidentiary and nonevidentiary recordings of patients undergoing medical or psychological evaluation.
Commission on State Mandates
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