A proposal to ban the charging of fees for unedited body-worn camera footage, released to the public under the 2020 Law Enforcement Integrity Act, died Friday when the Colorado House amended and then defeated a controversial whistleblower bill.

Facing criticism from both Republican and Democratic representatives, the sponsors of House Bill 24-1460 tried to pass a stripped-down version of their measure that only included the creation of a law enforcement whistleblower working group. The strike-below amendment — without the body-cam footage provision — passed, but then the bill went down on a 31-33 vote.

Language in the bill as approved by the House Judiciary Committee last month addressed demands by the Boulder Police Department and some other agencies for hundreds or thousands of dollars before providing video of incidents in which there is a complaint of officer misconduct.