2025 bills / H.B. 171
H.B. 171 Victim Privacy Changes (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote (stopped here)
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill gives a victim in a criminal case a right to privacy in nonpublic electronic data about them that is collected during the investigation or prosecution. It also sets rules for when a defendant and the defendant's attorney can access that victim data.
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Official description
- defines terms
- addresses access by a defendant and a defendant's attorney to nonpublic electronic data related to a victim
- provides a victim in a criminal proceeding with a right to privacy in any nonpublic electronic data related to the victim that is collected during the course of the criminal investigation or action
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Every vote
- 9 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Judiciary Committee: vote to change the bill · Feb 14, 2025Who voted how
- 9 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Judiciary Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 14, 2025Who voted how
- 68 yes, 0 no, 7 absentFinal House vote · Feb 21, 2025Who voted how
- 4 yes, 0 no, 5 absentSenate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee: vote to change the bill · Feb 27, 2025Who voted how
- 3 yes, 1 no, 5 absentSenate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 27, 2025Who voted how