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AL SB192

Bill

Status

Engrossed

5/28/2015

Primary Sponsor

Rodger Smitherman

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Origin

Senate

Regular Session 2015

AI Summary

  • Defines "traffic stops based on racial profiling" as detention or disparate treatment of a motorist solely on the basis of race or ethnic status, and prohibits law enforcement officers from engaging in such stops.

  • Requires municipal police departments and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency to adopt written policies prohibiting stops, detentions, or searches motivated solely by race, color, ethnicity, age, gender, or sexual orientation by January 1 following the effective date.

  • Mandates recording and retention of traffic stop data including number of stops, demographic characteristics of stopped persons and officers, nature of violations, and outcomes (warnings, citations, arrests, or searches).

  • Requires agencies to provide complaint copies to the Attorney General and submit annual summary reports starting October 1 of the second year after enactment; allows Attorney General to withhold funds for non-compliance until appropriate racial profiling training is completed.

  • Directs the Attorney General to develop standardized forms in both printed and electronic formats for recording traffic stops and reporting complaints by January 1 following the effective date.

Legislative Description

Traffic stops, racial profiling by law enforcement officers, prohibited, written policies, forms for statistics, and reports to Attorney General required, provision for complaints

Motor Vehicles

Last Action

Pending third reading on day 29 Favorable from Judiciary

6/3/2015

Committee Referrals

Judiciary5/28/2015
Judiciary3/10/2015

Full Bill Text

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