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Relating to confidential records including booking photographs
Sponsored by Rep. Bill Gustoff (R)
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 14, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 15, 2025
- Done: House committeeMarch 5, 2025
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Law enforcement agencies would generally keep booking photos private, but they could share them in specific situations. Photos may be released to help find a person on the run, if someone is a danger to the public, or if a judge orders it. They can also be shared if the person is convicted or pleads guilty to the crime.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to confidential records including booking photographs. The bill defines “booking photograph” as a photograph or still, nonvideo image of a person generated by a law enforcement agency for identification purposes after an arrest or while the person is in the law enforcement agency’s custody. confidential record, but may be released, published, or disseminated for any of the following reasons: the person in the booking photograph is a fugitive, and releasing or disseminating the booking photograph will assist in apprehending the person; a law enforcement agency or prosecuting agency determines that the person is an imminent threat to an individual or to public safety; a judge orders the release or dissemination of the booking photograph to further a legitimate interest; or the person is convicted or pleads guilty to a criminal offense for which the person was arrested and a booking photograph was taken.
House subcommittee
Named January 15, 2025. On January 21, 2025 it recommended passage.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
1 written public comment to its subcommittee: January 21, 2025 (1) · on the Legislature’s site
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- HF 2309 Relating to confidential records including booking photographs90th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same titleCleared committee
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- SF 69 Relating to confidential records including booking photographs91st General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passageSimilar
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