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2020 SPECIAL SESSION I
HB 5051 Law-enforcement officers or jail officers; notice to Criminal Justice Services Board of misconduct.
Introduced by: Marcus B. Simon | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Decertification of law-enforcement officer. Directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services to adopt standards of conduct applicable to law-enforcement and jail officers and due process procedures for decertification based on serious misconduct in violation of those standards. The bill requires any sheriff, chief of police, or agency administrator to notify the Criminal Justice Services Board in writing within 48 hours of becoming aware that any certified law-enforcement or jail officer currently employed by his agency has been terminated for engaging in misconduct, as set forth in the bill. The bill authorizes the Board to initiate decertification proceedings against any current or former law-enforcement or jail officer who has engaged in such activities. The bill directs the Department to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.
FULL TEXT
- 08/17/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200474D pdf | impact statement
- 09/03/20 House: Printed as engrossed 20200474D-E pdf | impact statement
- 09/16/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20201183D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 10/14/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5051ER) pdf | impact statement
- 10/28/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0027) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments adopted
HISTORY
- 08/17/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200474D
- 08/17/20 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 08/25/20 House: Reported from Public Safety with amendments (16-Y 6-N)
- 08/25/20 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 08/31/20 House: Reported from Appropriations (14-Y 8-N)
- 09/02/20 House: Read first time
- 09/03/20 House: Read second time
- 09/03/20 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 09/03/20 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB5051E
- 09/03/20 House: Printed as engrossed 20200474D-E
- 09/04/20 House: Read third time and passed House (57-Y 41-N)
- 09/04/20 House: VOTE: Passage (57-Y 41-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 (10-Y 2-N)
- 09/16/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20201183D-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: Passed by temporarily
- 10/01/20 Senate: Read third time
- 10/01/20 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 10/02/20 Senate: Read third time
- 10/02/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 10/02/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20201183D-S1
- 10/02/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB5051S1
- 10/02/20 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (31-Y 7-N)
- 10/07/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 10/07/20 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 20201183D-S1 (79-Y 16-N)
- 10/07/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (79-Y 16-N)
- 10/14/20 House: Enrolled
- 10/14/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5051ER)
- 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 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 27 (effective 3/1/21)
- 10/28/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0027)