State committee rejects 911 call privacy bill

A state Senate committee has rejected
a bill spurred in part by the release of 911 tapes involving Demi
Moore.
The bill by Assemblywoman Norma Torres would have barred the
news media from getting 911 emergency call audio tapes and
transcripts.
Torres, a former emergency dispatcher, was upset with the
release of the call describing the actress as shaking and
convulsing in a January medical emergency. The Democrat from Pomona
says her bill, AB1275, would protect patient privacy.
It cleared the Assembly but failed Tuesday in the Senate Public
Safety Committee after news organizations objected.
Meanwhile, Assemblyman Mike Feuer, a Democrat from Los Angeles,
has withdrawn AB2299. His Assembly-approved bill could have removed
the home addresses of current and former law enforcement officers
and judges from public property records.