2021 OK S.B. 457
Title - Oklahoma Open Records Act
Law Number - 2021 OK S.B. 457
TOPICS: data collection, oversight, transparency
STATE(S):
STATUS: Pending
Relates to the Oklahoma Open Records Act,relates to disclosure of law enforcement records,requires disclosure of recordings from certain equipment.
2021 NY S.B. 3548
Title - AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to requiring grand jury proceedings for police officers or peace officers involved in a shooting or excessive use of force that led or leads to the death or personal injury of an unarmed civilian to be conducted in open, contemporaneous public hearings,prohibiting indictment of a police or peace officer involved in a shooting or an incident involving excessive use of force by way of an indictment by information,and requiring a district attorney who declines to pursue an indictment of police or peace officers to provide a report explaining his or her decision
Law Number - 2021 NY S.B. 3548
TOPICS: investigation/prosecution of police misconduct, oversight, transparency
STATE(S):
STATUS: Pending
Requires grand jury proceedings for police officers or peace officers involved in a shooting or excessive use of force to be conducted in open, contemporaneous public hearings.
2021 MD S.B. 626
Title - Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021
Law Number - 2021 MD S.B. 626
TOPICS: body cameras, data collection, demilitarization, discipline, investigation/prosecution of police misconduct, oversight, personnel management, standards and certification, transparency, use of force
STATE(S):
STATUS: Enacted
Prohibiting a law enforcement officer from intentionally using excessive force,requiring a law enforcement officer to intervene to prevent another officer's use of excessive force,prohibiting a law enforcement officer from intentionally refusing to prompt...
Prohibiting a law enforcement officer from intentionally using excessive force,requiring a law enforcement officer to intervene to prevent another officer’s use of excessive force,prohibiting a law enforcement officer from intentionally refusing to promptly provide or make a reasonable effort to obtain medical treatment for a person injured by a police officer’s use of excessive force,requiring a law enforcement officer to make an immediate report to a superior regarding certain actions of another law enforcement officer
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2021 ND S.B. 2276
Title - Amend and reenact section 44-04-18.3 of the North Dakota Century Code,
Law Number - 2021 ND S.B. 2276
TOPICS: data collection, transparency
STATE(S):
STATUS: Pending
Relates to confidentiality of law enforcement personnel records.
2020 VA H.B. 1941
Title - A BILL to amend and reenact Sections 2.2-3713 and 16.1-77 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 6 of Title 9.1 a section numbered 9.1-602, relating to required release of video or audio recording,discharge of firearm or use of stun weapon or chemical irritant by law-enforcement officer.
Law Number - 2020 VA H.B. 1941
TOPICS: body cameras, data collection, transparency, use of force
STATE(S):
STATUS: Failed
Relates to required release of video or audio recording,relates to discharge of firearm or use of stun weapon or chemical irritant by law-enforcement officer,requires that, whenever a law-enforcement officer discharges a firearm or uses a stun weapon or c...
Relates to required release of video or audio recording,relates to discharge of firearm or use of stun weapon or chemical irritant by law-enforcement officer,requires that, whenever a law-enforcement officer discharges a firearm or uses a stun weapon or chemical irritant on a person resulting in death or serious bodily injury, any video or audio recording that relates to such incident produced or obtained by a law-enforcement officer be open to inspection and available for release.
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2020 VA H.B. 1941
Title - A BILL to amend and reenact Sections 2.2-3713 and 16.1-77 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 6 of Title 9.1 a section numbered 9.1-602, relating to required release of video or audio recording,discharge of firearm or use of stun weapon or chemical irritant by law-enforcement officer.
Law Number - 2020 VA H.B. 1941
TOPICS: body cameras, data collection, transparency, use of force
STATE(S):
STATUS: Failed
Relates to required release of video or audio recording,relates to discharge of firearm or use of stun weapon or chemical irritant by law-enforcement officer,requires that, whenever a law-enforcement officer discharges a firearm or uses a stun weapon or c...
Relates to required release of video or audio recording,relates to discharge of firearm or use of stun weapon or chemical irritant by law-enforcement officer,requires that, whenever a law-enforcement officer discharges a firearm or uses a stun weapon or chemical irritant on a person resulting in death or serious bodily injury, any video or audio recording that relates to such incident produced or obtained by a law-enforcement officer be open to inspection and available for release.
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2021 TX S.B. 111
Title - AN ACT relating to certain duties of law enforcement agencies concerning certain information subject to disclosure to a defendant.
Law Number - 2021 TX S.B. 111
TOPICS: data collection, other, oversight, transparency
STATE(S):
STATUS: Pending - to Governor
Relates to certain duties of law enforcement agencies concerning certain information subject to disclosure to a defendant.
2021 ME L.R. 1005
Title - An Act to ensure the integrity of law enforcement and expand public oversight.
Law Number - 2021 ME L.R. 1005
TOPICS: oversight, transparency
STATE(S):
STATUS: Pending
Ensures the integrity of law enforcement and expand public oversight.
2021 GA H.B. 18
Title - AN ACT To amend Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to law enforcement officers and agencies, so as to require that certain procedures be followed by peace officers upon making contact with individuals for law enforcement purposes,to require all law enforcement agencies provide a body-worn camera to each peace officer of the law enforcement agency,to provide requirements for the activation of body-worn cameras by peace officers,to provide for exceptions,to provide for criminal and civil penalties,to provide for public disclosure of video and audio recordings captured by body-worn cameras,to provide for data collection and annual public reporting by the Attorney General regarding use of force and contacts with peace officers,to provide for civil enforcement in the Attorney General for patterns or practices that deprive persons of rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by law,to provide standards for response of peace officers to protests or demonstrations,to amend Article 2 of Chapter 21 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state tort claims, so as to remove certain immunities from the actions of certain law enforcement officers,to provide that law enforcement officers alleged to have committed misconduct or a violation of law while acting within the scope of his or her official duties or employment shall be subject to lawsuit or liability,to amend Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to arrest by law enforcement officers generally, so as to revise use of force standards,to prohibit certain tactics and techniques,to provide for a duty to intervene for peace officers to prevent or stop another peace officer from using excessive force,to provide for a short title,to provide for related matters,to repeal conflicting laws,and for other purposes.
Law Number - 2021 GA H.B. 18
TOPICS: body cameras, transparency, use of force
STATE(S):
STATUS: Pending
Requires that certain procedures be followed by peace officers upon making contact with individuals for lawenforcement purposes,requires all law enforcement agencies provide a body-worn camera to each peace officer of the law enforcement agency,re...
Requires that certain procedures be followed by peace officers upon making contact with individuals for lawenforcement purposes,requires all law enforcement agencies provide a body-worn camera to each peace officer of the law enforcement agency,relates to state tort claims,relates to arrest by law enforcement officers generally, so as to revise use of force standards.
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2020 VA H 5091 a
Title - Required Release of Video or Audio Recording
Law Number - 2020 VA H 5091 a
TOPICS: body cameras, data collection, duty to report, transparency, use of force
STATE(S):
STATUS: Pending
Relates to required release of video or audio recording, relates to discharge of firearm or use of stun gun or chemical irritant by law-enforcement officer, requires that whenever a law-enforcement officer discharges a firearm or uses a stun gun or chemic...
Relates to required release of video or audio recording, relates to discharge of firearm or use of stun gun or chemical irritant by law-enforcement officer, requires that whenever a law-enforcement officer discharges a firearm or uses a stun gun or chemical irritant on a person resulting in death or serious bodily injury, any video or audio recording that relates to such incident produced or obtained by a law-enforcement officer shall be open to inspection and available for release.
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2020 MO H.B 40
Title - AN ACT To repeal sections 563.046, 590.010, 590.040, and 590.080, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof seven new sections relating to the use of chokeholds by law enforcement officers, with penalty provisions and an emergency clause.
Law Number - 2020 MO H.B 40
TOPICS: internal oversight, transparency, use of force
STATE(S):
STATUS: Failed
Prohibits the use of the chokeholds in making arrests, and prescribes that this prohibition shall be part of officer training
