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MO SB559

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/26/2015

Primary Sponsor

Maria Chappelle-Nadal

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Origin

Senate

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes the "Fair and Impartial Policing Act of 2015" expanding data collection requirements for traffic and pedestrian stops to include gender identity, national origin, residency status, and reasons for the stop

  • Requires peace officers to complete minimum 8 hours of annual anti-bias training to maintain POST certification, with command staff receiving additional training on fair policing best practices

  • Mandates consent searches only when officers have reasonable suspicion based on specific articulable facts, with verbal advisement that the person may refuse and written documentation of justification and results

  • Triggers a 3-year review period for law enforcement agencies whose stop or search disparity indices exceed statewide averages by one standard deviation for three consecutive years, with potential decertification for persistent non-compliance

  • Removes immunity for law enforcement agencies and officers in civil litigation for racial profiling violations and authorizes withholding state funds from agencies that fail to report or submit incomplete data

Legislative Description

Modifies provisions relating to racial profiling in policing

Last Action

Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

3/18/2015

Committee Referrals

Judiciary And Civil And Criminal Jurisprudence3/18/2015

Full Bill Text

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