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IN HB1027
Bill
Status
1/5/2016
Primary Sponsor
Cherrish Pryor
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AI Summary
HB 1027 Summary
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Prohibits law enforcement agencies and officers from engaging in racial profiling or conducting pretextual stops, effective July 1, 2016.
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Requires law enforcement agencies to adopt written policies by January 1, 2017 that define racial profiling and pretextual stops, and establish procedures for addressing complaints.
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Mandates cultural diversity awareness training and training on unlawful racial profiling and pretextual stops as part of required law enforcement officer training programs.
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Requires law enforcement agencies to collect and submit monthly data to the attorney general on stops, including demographics, traffic violations, searches, and outcomes; attorney general must publish annual reports and provide data to third parties for statistical analysis.
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Establishes a 12-member racial profiling review commission to investigate complaints and permit civil actions for unlawful racial profiling or pretextual stops, with awards for prevailing plaintiffs including actual damages, punitive damages, attorney's fees, and court costs.
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Authorizes law enforcement agencies to use federal funds to purchase vehicle and body cameras with specified training and operational standards.
Legislative Description
Racial profiling. Prohibits a law enforcement agency or a law enforcement officer from engaging in racial profiling or conducting pretextual stops. Requires a law enforcement agency to adopt a detailed policy that defines the elements of racial profiling and pretextual stops, and requires a law enforcement agency to collect certain data relating to stops made by law enforcement officers. Requires cultural diversity awareness training and training on unlawful racial profiling and pretextual stops as part of the mandatory training for law enforcement officers. Specifies that a law enforcement agency shall transmit to the attorney general information concerning racial profiling complaints,
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
1/5/2016