Confidential records; prescribing right of victims to confidentiality of crime scene and autopsy photographs; codification; effective date.

HB 3854 (2026) ensures victims and their families have confidentiality rights regarding crime scene and autopsy photographs used in clemency hearings before Oklahoma's Pardon and Parole Board. The bill requires these specific photographs to be submitted in a separate hearing packet, not made public, and adds them explicitly to the list of protected records under Oklahoma's open records law. This directly affects victims/families seeking privacy for sensitive materials and the Pardon and Parole Board handling clemency cases. The law amends 51 O.S. § 24A.5 to include "crime scene and autopsy photographs of victims" as exempt from public disclosure.