HB 1760 - DIGEST

Provides that, in any criminal proceeding, any photograph or visual or printed matter of a minor collected as evidence in a prosecution for RCW 9.68A.040 through 9.68A.070 shall remain in the care, custody, and control of the law enforcement agency or the court.

Declares that, notwithstanding any other statute or court rule, a court shall deny, in any criminal proceeding, any request by the defendant to copy, photograph, duplicate, or otherwise reproduce any photograph or visual or printed matter of a minor collected as evidence in a prosecution for RCW 9.68A.040 through 9.68A.070, so long as the law enforcement agency or the court makes the evidence reasonably available to the defendant.