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AL SB91
Bill
Status
4/20/2021
Primary Sponsor
Rodger Smitherman
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AI Summary
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Defines racial profiling as detention or disparate treatment of a motorist solely based on race or ethnic status, and prohibits law enforcement officers from engaging in such profiling.
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Requires county and municipal police departments and the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to adopt written policies prohibiting racial profiling by January 1, 2022.
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Mandates collection and retention of traffic stop statistics beginning January 1, 2022, including motorist and officer demographics, alleged violations, and enforcement actions taken.
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Requires annual reporting of traffic stop data to the Alabama Attorney General by October 1, 2023, and thereafter, with the Attorney General to review patterns and report findings to the Governor and Legislature by the fifth legislative day of the 2023 Regular Session.
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Establishes requirement for law enforcement agencies to adopt written policies and forms by January 1, 2022, to collect data on serious injuries to officers in the line of duty and file reports with the Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission.
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, reporting and collection of data on injuries to officers, required
Motor Vehicles
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
4/20/2021