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 Bill Status of HB0025  101st General Assembly


Short Description:  ELIMINATE RACIAL PROFILING ACT

House Sponsors
Rep. André Thapedi - La Shawn K. Ford, Barbara Hernandez, Kambium Buckner, Marcus C. Evans, Jr., Mary E. Flowers and Rita Mayfield

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  1/13/2021HouseSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
New Act


Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Eliminate Racial Profiling Act. Provides that no law enforcement agent or law enforcement agency shall engage in racial profiling. Allows the State or a person injured by racial profiling to enforce the racial profiling provision in a civil action for declaratory or injunctive relief. Requires law enforcement agencies to maintain policies and procedures, designed to eliminate racial profiling, and to certify that in applications for certain federal grant programs. Requires the Attorney General to adopt rules for administrative complaint procedures and independent audit programs applicable to law enforcement agencies. Allows the Attorney General to make grants to law enforcement agencies to develop and implement best practices to eliminate racial profiling. Allows the Attorney General to order the withholding of certain federal grants for law enforcement agencies that are not in compliance with the Act. Grants rulemaking authority to the Attorney General to implement the Act. Defines terms.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  11/30/2018HousePrefiled with Clerk by Rep. André Thapedi
  1/9/2019HouseFirst Reading
  1/9/2019HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  1/29/2019HouseAssigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
  1/29/2019HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
  2/19/2019HouseTo Criminal Administration and Enforcement Subcommittee
  3/29/2019HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
  4/1/2019HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
  4/8/2019HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kambium Buckner
  7/17/2019HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
  10/11/2019HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
  7/9/2020HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
  1/13/2021HouseSession Sine Die

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