HB 1057 Summary

• Prohibits law enforcement agencies and officers from engaging in racial profiling or conducting pretextual stops, effective July 1, 2017.

• Requires all law enforcement agencies to adopt detailed written policies by January 1, 2018 that define racial profiling and pretextual stops and establish complaint procedures.

• Mandates cultural diversity awareness training and training on unlawful racial profiling and pretextual stops as part of all law enforcement officer training programs.

• Requires law enforcement agencies to collect and report monthly data to the attorney general on stops (including demographics, duration, violations, searches, and use of force) and complaints; attorney general must submit annual reports to legislature and publish findings on website with third-party statistical analysis.

• Establishes 12-member Racial Profiling Review Commission to hear complaints and permits private civil actions for unlawful racial profiling or pretextual stops with awards for actual damages, punitive damages, attorney's fees, and other relief.

• Allows law enforcement agencies to use federal grants to purchase vehicle and body cameras with mandatory training standards and requires automatic recording during traffic stops.