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Less than two weeks after crowds threw rocks and bottles at police after a shooting in Salt Lake City, the Legislature gave final passage to a bill that would consider most police body-camera videos as open records that must be released to the public.

"This is the grand compromise between all interested parties," including police, civil liberty groups and the news media, said Sen. Daniel Thatcher, R-West Valley City, Senate sponsor of the bill.

The Senate voted 25-0 to pass HB300, and sent it to Gov. Gary Herbert for his possible signature.

Sen Curt Bramble, R-Provo, said the bill "meets the needs of transparency and openness of government, privacy, law enforcement, victims — it's a carefully crafted balance."

Rep. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, the bill's sponsor, earlier said any videos shot in public areas would be considered public records. But videos shot on private property would presumed to be private, with several exceptions.

Those exceptions include when a law officer fires a weapon, when a video shows a crime, when encounters between an officer and someone else results in injury or death, or when someone alleges misconduct by an officer.

The bill also outlines when officers with cameras must activate them.

"It does require the officer to activate a camera prior to any law-enforcement encounter or as soon as reasonably possible for all enforcement stops, dispatch calls, field interviews, use of force, warrants, traffic stops or any other contact that becomes adversarial," McCay said.

Exceptions to that include sensitive conversations with crime victims or informants when officers believe the value of the information outweighs the value of the recording.

McCay said officers must document the reason for deactivating cameras, and their cameras must be clearly visible.

Rep. Angela Romero, D-Salt Lake City, earlier said the bill may help build trust in police, and noted, "Use of force has been in the spotlight due to a recent event in our capital city," including big protests by hundreds after the police shooting on Feb. 27 of 17-year-old Abdullahi Omar Mohamed.