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AL SB112
Bill
Status
3/9/2017
Primary Sponsor
Rodger Smitherman
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AI Summary
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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.
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Requires county and municipal police departments and the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to adopt written policies prohibiting stops based on race, color, ethnicity, age, gender, or sexual orientation by January 1 following the act's effective date.
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Mandates law enforcement agencies to record and retain traffic stop statistics including number of stops, race and characteristics of persons stopped, nature of traffic violations, and outcomes (warnings, citations, arrests, or searches), with characteristics of the officer also documented.
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Requires agencies to file complaints of alleged violations with the Office of the Attorney General and provide annual summary reports starting October 1 of the second year following enactment.
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Allows the Attorney General to withhold funds from non-compliant agencies until they complete appropriate racial profiling training; protects demographic information collected in good faith from serving as basis for civil action.
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 18 Favorable from Public Safety and Homeland Security
4/13/2017