Pafford -
When it comes to public records exemptions and laws relating to privacy and public safety, it is important to write our laws very carefully since drafting errors can have far-reaching negative consequences. CS for CS for CS for SB 248 contains such drafting errors including the following: lines 29, 34 & 58 allow the parent of an ADULT the ability to obtain a recording as of right; lines 47-50 allow law enforcement agencies very broad and ill-defined discretion on how and when to voluntarily disclose recordings that would otherwise be protected; lines 39-46 allow for too much ambiguity in where and when recorded material may be withheld as confidential and exempt to provide for fair, judicious and consistent application; lines 55-57 & 59-61 do not provide sufficient instruction to law enforcement on the release of a recording; and other drafting problems.