00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 415                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to 911 call recordings and the release of information regarding 911                                    
02 calls."                                                                                                                 
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 40.25.120 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                           
05            (d)  Subject to (a)(6) of this section, the transcript of a recording of a 911 call                          
06       is a public record except to the extent it contains information that is confidential under                        
07       another provision of law. All or part of the transcript of a recorded 911 call that has                           
08       been obtained as a public record under this subsection may be read on radio,                                      
09       television, the Internet, or other broadcast medium. However, the recording of the 911                            
10       call may not be played on any broadcast medium, and a person who knowingly does                                   
11       so is guilty of a class A misdemeanor, but may be punished only by a fine of not more                             
12       than $10,000. In this subsection, "knowingly" has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900.