REFERENCE TITLE: law enforcement; cameras; data storage

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

 

 

 

SB 1804

 

Introduced by

Senator Gowan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

 

Amending Title 38, chapter 8, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 38-1121; relating to law enforcement officers.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 38, chapter 8, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 38-1121, to read:

START_STATUTE38-1121. Law enforcement officers; cameras; data storage; applicability

A. Notwithstanding any other law, All camera footage that is captured by a law ENFORCEMENT officer's body-worn camera or dash camera must be deleted thirty days after the camera footage was first recorded.

B. This section does not apply to any camera footage that is involved in or necessary for any of the following:

1. active criminal cases.

2. Potential civil liability.

3. Active criminal prosecutions. END_STATUTE