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Mar. 24, 2021
Bill to give public more court access moves forward
AB716 adds “remote access” to the state’s definition of public access to the courts, bars courts using remote access to a particular proceeding as a reason to restrict physical access, and mandates that news media and the public must be treated the same.
A bill to allow public remote access to court proceedings easily passed the Assembly Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.
AB 716 was one of several pandemic-inspired bills introduced in the current legislative session. The bill’s author, Assemblyman Steve Bennett, D-Santa Barbara, said the bill “would modernize our court system and bring us into the 21st century,” Bennett testified. “More importantly, it would increase public transparenc...
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