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2020 SPECIAL SESSION I
HB 5109 Law-enforcement officer training & qualifications; DCJS to develop uniform curriculum & plans, etc.
Introduced by: Patrick A. Hope | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Department of Criminal Justice Services; law-enforcement officer training and qualifications. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services (the Department) to develop a uniform curriculum and lesson plans for the compulsory minimum entry-level, in-service, and advanced training standards to be employed by criminal justice training academies approved by the Department when conducting training. The bill also requires the Department to include the recognition of implicit biases in interacting with persons who have a mental illness, substance use disorder, or developmental or cognitive disability in its (i) training standards and model policies; (ii) compulsory training standards for basic training and recertification of law-enforcement officers; and (iii) operating procedures, guidelines, and standards for community policing in order to ensure sensitivity to and awareness of systemic and individual racism, cultural diversity, and the potential for bias-based profiling. The bill also requires the Department to include training in de-escalation techniques and training in the lawful use of force, including the use of force only when necessary to protect the law-enforcement officer or another person in the compulsory training standards for basic training and recertification.
The bill requires the Department to establish compulsory in-service training standards for law-enforcement officers in the following subjects: (a) relevant state and federal laws; (b) awareness of cultural diversity and the potential for bias-based profiling; (c) de-escalation techniques; (d) working with individuals with disabilities, mental health needs, or substance use disorders; and (e) the lawful use of force, including the use of deadly force only when necessary to protect the law-enforcement officer or another person.
In addition, the bill adds to the minimum qualifications to become a law-enforcement officer or a jail officer the requirement that such person undergo a psychological examination, subsequent to a conditional offer of employment, conducted under the supervision of a licensed psychologist or other licensed mental health professional. The bill requires the Department to establish requirements for compulsory mental health examinations for law-enforcement officers, jail officers, and correctional officers that include guidelines on the implementation of such mental health examinations.
Finally, the bill requires any criminal justice training academy approved by the Department to employ such uniform curriculum and lesson plans and requires the Department to conduct annual evaluations of each criminal justice training academy's compliance with uniform curriculum and lesson plans. The bill allows an approved criminal justice training academy to petition the Department for a waiver and requires the Department to grant a waiver if the academy meets and exceeds compulsory minimum training standards and substantially complies with the content of uniform curriculum and lesson plans developed by the Department.
FULL TEXT
- 08/21/20 House: Presented and ordered printed 20200924D pdf | impact statement
- 09/03/20 House: Printed as engrossed 20200924D-E pdf | impact statement
- 09/16/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20201189D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 10/02/20 Senate: Floor substitute printed 20201293D-S2 (Locke) pdf | impact statement
- 10/14/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5109ER) pdf | impact statement
- 11/09/20 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB5109ER2) pdf
- 11/09/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0048) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments adopted
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 08/21/20 House: Presented and ordered printed 20200924D
- 08/21/20 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 08/25/20 House: Reported from Public Safety with amendment (21-Y 0-N)
- 08/25/20 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 08/31/20 House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
- 09/02/20 House: Read first time
- 09/03/20 House: Read second time
- 09/03/20 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 09/03/20 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB5109E
- 09/03/20 House: Printed as engrossed 20200924D-E
- 09/04/20 House: Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N)
- 09/04/20 House: VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N)
- 09/09/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 09/09/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 09/16/20 Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 0-N)
- 09/16/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20201189D-S1
- 09/16/20 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 09/24/20 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
- 09/25/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- 10/01/20 Senate: Read third time
- 10/01/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 10/01/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to
- 10/01/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB5109S1
- 10/01/20 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 10/01/20 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 10/01/20 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 10/02/20 Senate: Floor substitute printed 20201293D-S2 (Locke)
- 10/02/20 Senate: Read third time
- 10/02/20 Senate: Committee substitute reconsidered (38-Y 0-N)
- 10/02/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 10/02/20 Senate: Substitute by Senator Locke agreed to
- 10/02/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB5109S2
- 10/02/20 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (24-Y 14-N)
- 10/07/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 10/07/20 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 20201293D-S2 (60-Y 36-N)
- 10/07/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (60-Y 36-N)
- 10/14/20 House: Enrolled
- 10/14/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5109ER)
- 10/14/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 10/14/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 10/21/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 21, 2020
- 10/21/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 28, 2020
- 10/28/20 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 11/09/20 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (58-Y 39-N)
- 11/09/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (58-Y 39-N)
- 11/09/20 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 18-N)
- 11/09/20 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 11/09/20 House: Reenrolled
- 11/09/20 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB5109ER2)
- 11/09/20 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 11/09/20 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 11/09/20 House: Enacted, Chapter 48 (effective 3/1/21)
- 11/09/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0048)