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S 0700 - Requires removal of mug shots from public website where the charges against the pictured individual have been dismissed or otherwise discharged

Tracking Level: Of Interest
Sponsor: Paul Thurmond
Last Action: 4/29/2014 - House - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Senate Committee: Judy
Assigned To:
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Staff Analysis of the Legislation

05.13.2014 The House Judiciary committee did not take action on this bill although it was on the agenda.
04.08.2014The Senate Judiciary committee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. The amendment makes no substantive changes, but merely adds to the bill additional language from the existing code.
04.03.2014A Senate Judiciary subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. The amendment requires the publisher to change online information if the offender pleads to a lesser charge.
Summary of the bill as introduced: Requires an entity who publishes on a public website a mug shot of a person whose charges have been discharged, dismissed or found not guilty to remove, without fee or compensation, the mug shot within 30 days of the person sending a written request.
 
 
 
 

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