The proposed Journalists’ Exemption Law would stop police from forcing journalists to sign as witnesses in drug‑seizure inventories, amend the existing drug‑seizure rule to make media participation optional, and set a criminal penalty of grave coercion for anyone who violates the exemption.
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HB09746 · Sources: BatasWatch
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Similar in what they’d do, filed by any lawmaker.