This bill addresses the privacy of a victim and witness in a criminal investigation or action.
This bill:
- defines terms;
- addresses access by a defendant and a defendant's attorney to nonpublic electronic data related to a victim or witness, including:providing that a defendant may only obtain nonpublic electronic data related to a victim or witness that is not in the possession of a law enforcement agency or prosecuting attorney through a valid search warrant or a subpoena or voluntarily from the victim or witness;requiring the prosecuting attorney to make available, to the defendant or the defendant's attorney, certain nonpublic electronic data related to a victim or witness that is in the possession of a law enforcement agency or prosecuting attorney;providing that a defendant's attorney may only inspect, view, or examine the nonpublic electronic data related to a victim or witness that is in the possession of a law enforcement agency at a governmental facility; and providing the requirements for a defendant's attorney to copy, photograph, or otherwise reproduce nonpublic electronic data related to a victim or a witness; and
- provides a victim or a witness in a criminal proceeding with a right to privacy in any nonpublic electronic data related to the victim or witness that is collected during the course of the criminal investigation or action.