Defense Review of Tangible Object for Criminal Trial

Title page updated to reflect House Bill status instead of Senate bill, with revised amendment adoption language.

Minor formatting adjustments to line numbers and text spacing in the body of the bill.

Added co-sponsors to the House and Senate sponsorship sections to reflect final legislative support.

Reorganized section headers and page breaks to match the final amended version adopted in the Senate.

Removed preliminary committee amendment language and replaced with final adopted amendment language.

Document format changed from final act signature version to preliminary version with committee amendments and bill summary added.

Header information updated to include First Regular Session, Seventy-fifth General Assembly, and committee sponsorship details.

Added signature blocks for House Speaker, Senate President, Chief Clerk, Secretary, and Governor to indicate the bill has been signed into law.

Removed draft markings, bill sponsor formatting, and placeholder text that were present in the unsigned version.

Corrected minor formatting inconsistencies in page headers and section numbering between the two versions.

Added new subsection (1)(c) requiring law enforcement to provide notice to the prosecuting authority when recording evidence reviews, with copies provided to defense during discovery.

Added new subsection (1)(d) limiting law enforcement's ability to view recordings of evidence reviews to organizational purposes or court orders, not for reviewing prosecution or defense strategy.

Added new subsection (3) clarifying that the section does not limit defense testing requests or court hearings related to such requests.

Added new subsection (4) clarifying that the section does not apply to inspection of sexually exploitative material under existing law.

Added new subsection (2) granting courts authority to issue orders relating to evidence viewing based on individual circumstances of the case.

Added Senator Weissman, Amabile, Exum, Hinrichsen, Michaelson Jenet, Sullivan, and Winter F. to Senate sponsorship list.

Added Representative Ricks to House sponsorship list.

Changed 'any location operated by or under contract' to 'location designated and operated by or under contract' to clarify where evidence viewing can occur.

Added three new co-sponsors to the House sponsorship list: Bacon, Duran, and Lindsay.

Changed the version title from 'ENGROSSED' to 'REENGROSSED' and updated the amendment adoption description to reflect House of Introduction amendments.

Added a note indicating this is the 3rd Reading Unamended version dated February 18, 2025, with a reference to the legislative website for the reengrossed summary.

Reorganized defense access provisions to clarify that law enforcement must document chain of custody when recording evidence viewing, but cannot record confidential defense conversations.

Added explicit exemption stating that defense viewing of evidence is not considered public interaction for body camera purposes.

Added new subsection allowing law enforcement to view recordings of evidence viewing for organizational purposes, not for reviewing prosecution or defense strategy.

Expanded court authority to issue protective orders for evidence viewing based on individual case circumstances.