PUBLIC RECORDS: Provides that certain photographs, audio or video recordings, digital images regarding a crime scene or used in a criminal prosecution are not public records available for release or to be copied except by clerk of court or a court order. (8/1/26)

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Actions Timeline

1. Reported with amendments (8-2). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

   4/23/2026House

2. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

   4/14/2026House

3. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

   4/13/2026House

4. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

   4/8/2026Senate

5. Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

   4/7/2026Senate

6. Reported with amendments.

   4/1/2026Senate

7. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

   3/9/2026Senate

8. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

   2/22/2026Senate

Bill Text

• Engrossed

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• Introduced

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• Reengrossed

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