An act relating to an independent monitoring board for body-worn camera footage

H 636 would create a five-member independent civilian board to oversee police body camera footage in Vermont. The board, appointed by all three branches of government, would review public requests for footage, control access to stored recordings, and redact sensitive information before releasing any material. This directly affects law enforcement agencies (which must provide footage to the board) and the public (which can request access to recordings). The bill establishes a formal process for managing bodycam data without changing how police use the cameras.