Washington Senate Passes Bill on Police Body Cameras

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Senate passed a bill that limits broad requests for police body-camera videos while keeping key footage available to the public. The chamber passed House Bill 2362 on a 37-9 vote, but since it was amended on the floor it now heads back to the House for concurrence. It sets rules on what body-camera footage is presumed to be private under the Public Records Act; sets up a task force to examine best practices for their use; and encourages police agencies that use the cameras to adopt policies related to their use. Under the bill, certain videos would be presumptively private, such as footage that shows a dead body.