California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 1671


Introduced by Assembly Member Gomez

January 15, 2016


An act relating to confidential communications.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1671, as introduced, Gomez. Confidential video communications: disclosure.

Existing law, with specified exemptions, makes it a crime to intentionally record a confidential communication without the consent of all parties to the communication.

This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to prohibit any person from intentionally video recording a confidential communication, or disclosing or distributing that communication, without obtaining the consent of all parties to the communication.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
2legislation to prohibit any person from intentionally video recording
3a confidential communication, or disclosing or distributing that
4video-recording communication, without obtaining the consent of
5all parties to the communication.



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