Require electronic recordings of all parole board hearings

Expanded the requirement for electronic recordings to include judicial release hearings and community control sanction proceedings, not just parole board hearings.

Added a provision granting the prosecuting attorney access to Department of Rehabilitation and Correction health care records for certain parole and judicial release cases.

Significantly expanded the list of records exempt from public disclosure to include over 40 new categories, such as victim statements, adoption files, DNA records, and various types of sensitive personal data.

Introduced new definitions for specific terms used in the public records section, including 'designated public service worker,' 'body-worn camera,' and 'dashboard camera.'

Added specific rules for charging fees for video records, including a cap of $75 per hour and a total cap of $750, with mandatory fee waivers for victims and their legal counsel.

Expanded the definition of 'public record' to explicitly exclude numerous new categories of sensitive data, including victim identities in specific scenarios, child recreational activity details, and records from fatality review boards, though some of these exclusions have exceptions or time limits.

Created new definitions for specific terms used in the public records law, including 'body-worn camera,' 'dashboard camera,' 'designated public service worker,' and 'restricted portions of a recording.'

Added a requirement that public offices must make video records available for inspection within a reasonable time and allowed agencies to charge requesters up to $75 per hour for the actual costs of redacting and producing those videos.

Introduced a mandatory three-day waiting period after a public office receives a complaint before a requester can file a lawsuit, intended to give agencies time to cure the failure.

Added a new requirement that the parole board include at least one member who is a crime victim or family member of a victim.

Amended the parole board section to require electronic recordings of all full board hearings and to mandate that a majority of board members must agree on any clemency recommendation sent to the governor.

Clarified that requests for public records by criminal defendants are treated as discovery requests under criminal rules rather than standard public records requests.